[WhyOhWhyQ]

I couldn't resist... Like the kid at facebook who's buddies with Altman so gets to be a billionare? Like Altman himself (when did he enter the field again? Oh yea he was a crypto huckster). Like everyone I've ever met in the machine learning department? 95% of the people in that field are just following trends and good at winning that game. Call it sour grapes, but I'm just observing reality here. And everyone who thinks following fads = being curious is just doing the larp I described earlier. Moreover, everyone who thinks following fads keeps them safe from AI is deluding themselves. The AI of 2026 can do it better than you can.

[satvikpendem]

> 95% of the people in that field are just following trends and good at winning that game.

That's the curiosity the parent was talking about. Like it or not, that's what got them to millions.

[WhyOhWhyQ]

That's the larp I was talking about. Following fads and being a scammer is not curiosity in my book.

[wrs]

I’m talking about the people who were doing ML work before it was trendy. That’s why I said “dead end”.

[spwa4]

Didn't Sam Altman write a "friend locator" app that sold for millions after (angrily) refusing to disclose how many users it had? Then it was summarily shut down after acquisition ... and turned out to have never had more than 500 DAU (though appreantly more registrations)

"Loopt"