• blakestacey@awful.systems
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    The big claim is that R1 was trained on far less computing power than OpenAI’s models at a fraction of the cost.

    And people believe this … why? I mean, shouldn’t the default assumption about anything anyone in AI says is that it’s a lie?

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    19 hours ago

    This shows the US is falling behind China, so you gotta give OpenAI more money!

    Fear of a “bullshit gap”, I guess.

    Oh, and: simply perfect choice of header image on that article.

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      14 hours ago

      Kind of reminds me of the government funding Star wars programs that never produced anything but was credited for spending the Soviet Union into their grave because they couldn’t keep up. But I don’t think it’s going to work the same this time…

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        i understand that the thing that worked was mostly space-based surveillance

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      18 hours ago

      Altman: Mr. President, we must not allow a bullshit gap!

      Musk: I have a plan… Mein Führer, I can walk!