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artifex@artifex@piefed.social

Sam Altman is ready to "decelerate" the pace of development

Supposedly the change of heart came after “the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally,” the Huggingface escape. To me it sounds like he’s worried about the competition breathing down his neck and wants someone to come in and call a time-out.

techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-is-ready-to-decelerate/
TechCrunchSam Altman is ready to decelerate | TechCrunchHis change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
meme_historian@meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Replying to @⁨artifex@piefed.social⁩

Likely translation: scaling their models is hitting diminishing returns, while the business world is slowly realizing the math ain’t mathing and they’re not suddenly 10x more efficient and profitable than before LLM adoption.

So Sammy and the others need a plausible cover story why capabilities aren’t evolving at break neck speed anymore, to prevent their beautiful bubbly bubble from crashing down on them

IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com

Replying to @⁨meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩

Feds made them be the fall guy though. Data centers are new infrastructure for the government to use. That’s the main reason for all this ai bullshit. Chapgpt and this consumer grade bullshit is the unplugged video game controller they gave us to makes us feel special and a part of something while THEY play “The Game”.

An expansion of the above; reddthat.com/comment/28125951

reddthat.comNormal Ohio guy sees the blight AI datacenters - ReddthatThis guy really nailed it, and he proposes that we establish a bond to handle the blight before breaking ground and building.
Edited ⁨⁨Jul⁩ ⁨28⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨21:43⁩⁩en