Comment on OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it

Digital_man@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• iopq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A phone is a product, and it solves a lot of problems.

  I used to print out mapquest directions to wherever I drove. Now I can just use navigation.

  Products can solve problems, that’s why people pay for them

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  • Haagel@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think he means existential problems, like our belligerent lumbering towards the violent self-destruction of humanity.

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    • Digital_man@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is exactly what I meant.

      A product is something created by an organization ( in our case corporations) to make money. Period.

      The fact it can make our lives easier is a secondary side effect. The way these products are made can ( and usually do) exacerbate our problems.

      Solutions ? Nah.

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