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Sam Altman’s Stargate is science fiction (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 97 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It’s also a testament to Altman’s dealmaking prowess: a progressive San Francisco tech leader walked into an administration that opposed everything he publicly stood for, and within days, he secured a crown.

Bullshit. Absolute steaming mountains of bullshit.

These techbros don't stand for anything. They're a bunch of objectivist libertarian assholes who enjoy the aesthetics of being perceived as progressive because it's trendy in the kind of social spaces they want to inhabit.

This isn't about "dealmaking skills", it's about Trump being a giant baby who will do anything for anyone who kisses his ass, and Altman not giving a flying fuck about Trump being a fascist because sucking up to him makes him money.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago

Also, he's completely insulated from consequences.

Yes, the right hates queer people, but he's rich enough never to be bothered by it. He's not sacrificing anything.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2069436850145993

50 States, 50 Protests, 1day

Feb 5 @ your downtown.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why would anything socially progressive organize on Facebook? Most normal people I know have abandoned that platform, let alone anyone privacy-minded or anti-oligarch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Despite what you observed in your circle of friends, Facebook still have millions of users in the US and billions world-wide.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Cuz you need the retards who are still there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If it's allowed on facebook it means they want you todo it. A lot of people are going to become "rioters, looters, and terrorists" We're going to see a lot of Kyle Rittenhouses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I hope not. But they need to see who they are pissing off.

The government is supposed to be for the people, by the people and of the people... Not to the people by some assholes who own the people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

They are, just not your people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 days ago (3 children)

"Stargate" is already taken for another science fiction. You'll have to pick another name.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The project should be called Wormhole Xtreme

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"It's... What I do!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

"It's what ... I do?"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

On the other hand, he's being consistent with stealing things and claiming they're his.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They’re trying to do a: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative

Let’s just be glad they didn’t go with Lexx.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'd trade LLMs for bug ships and necro assassins in a heartbeat

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The good news is that if SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son backs it, it’ll fail in a matter of months.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

...but also make altman rich and ready for the next scam.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago

These greedy muthas can't even name stuff without robbing someone else's names.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And not the good kind, where we kill fake gods

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Indeed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Saw headline and spent next couple seconds replaying SG-1 in my head.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

no, it is not science fiction, is just realism capitalist, an empire in decay struggling to keep its hegemony

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

No, see, it will be very real. Nothing like the show. We launch this ring thing into orbit, then we attach really long rubber bands between it and the passenger capsule. Then we simply released the capsule from the big ass tripod holding the rubber bands in tension. Theoretically that capsule would definitely get to the Moon that much quicker.