| ▲ | aizk 6 hours ago |
| AI news and ESPN feels interchangeable sometimes. |
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| ▲ | clickety_clack 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I’ve never seen names be big in the industry in this way before. It used to be founders, now it’s personalities. |
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| ▲ | sph 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I'll reserve judgement until I've heard what ThePrimeagen and simonw have to say about this. | | |
| ▲ | christophilus 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | This gave me a good laugh because we don’t know what to think until Jon Blow says, “Here’s the thing.” | |
| ▲ | yomismoaqui 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'll reserve judgement until I've read what HN commenters have to say about this. |
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| ▲ | TeMPOraL 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | At least in this case we're talking about someone doing something useful and providing tons of value to the field, not about people being praised for starting a company and raising money. |
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| ▲ | ssgodderidge 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Agreed! OpenAI even bought TBPN [1], who many have equated to ESPN for business. I think that even if Karpathy didn't add any new ideas to Anthropic (unlikely), adding him to the team is an interesting message to give to the market [1] https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/ |
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| ▲ | Danox 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Maybe he adds some semblance of stability? Anthropic probably is trying to sell it itself as the sane alternative to OpenAI with their IPO coming up choose us we are responsible. |
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| ▲ | tclancy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Ooh, if there is a market for someone to be the Stephen A Smith here, I am waiting by the phone. I AM WAITING BY THE PHONE I mean. |
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| ▲ | drewbitt 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| At least with sports teams they entertain me and I can be a fan. For "X person joins Y company" I don't have a reason to care. |
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| ▲ | Danox 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | But with the financial community, some semblance of stability is always important particularly with an IPO coming up. Choose us we don’t have a sideshow going on with Elon like the other guys, OpenAI. | |
| ▲ | DANmode 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I’m the opposite. My “entertainment”, or intrigue, comes from the ability to impact my life. Other people sporting struggles to catch my attention longer than the play itself, for that reason. |
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| ▲ | zibw 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIZt9YPAPZo |
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| ▲ | sph 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | That's exactly where my mind went. ~113 comments at the time of writing to discuss an announcement that a guy is starting a new job. |
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| ▲ | mupuff1234 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Wouldn't be surprised if companies with too much "superstar" talent suffer from the same issues as sport teams usually do. |
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| ▲ | bitwize 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| But you won't be stuck in Bristol, CT covering AI news. |
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| ▲ | sfsh 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| "I'm taking my talents to South Market" |
