[sashank_1509]

The cool thing about Silicon Valley is serious people try stuff that may seem wild and unlikely and in the off chance it works, entire humanity benefits. This looks like Atomic Semi, Joby Aviation, maybe even OpenAI in its early days.

The bad thing about Silicon Valley is charlatans abuse this openness and friendly spirit, and swindle investors of millions with pipe dreams and worthless technology. I think the second is inevitable as Silicon Valley becomes more famous, more high status without a strong gatekeeping mechanism which is also anathema to its open ethos. Unfortunately this company is firmly in the second category. A performative startup, “changing the world” to satisfy the neurosis of its founders who desperately want to be seen as someone taking risks to change the world. In reality it will change nothing, and go die into the dustbins of history. I hope he enjoys his 15 minutes of fame.

[nfw2]

What makes you so sure that extropic is the second and not the first?

[sashank_1509]

Fundamentally, gut feels by following the founder on Twitter. But if I had to explain, I don’t understand the point of speeding up or getting true RnG, even for diffusion models this is not a big bottleneck, so it sounds more like a buzzword than actual practical technology.