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Valve CEO Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an "informal advisory board" (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 63 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

In 2018 we didn't know what monster it would become

[–] markz@suppo.fi 13 points 4 hours ago

Back then this shit was cool.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

God if ONLY it were so cool. Instead we just have sexting chatbots that get old people with dementia to kill themselves.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Don’t forget about all the non-consentual nudes and CSAM

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

How could I EVER forget...