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dr_set t1_j645o80 wrote

> Sam Altman Might Have Just Pulled Off The Coup Of The Decade

May be, but what he did for sure is put a ceiling on the company's potential and give it to Microsoft.

There was a chance that OpenAI could have replaced Google and be the next tech Titan. That is the reason why google executives are in emergency mode.

Now, their best scenario is to give than win to Microsoft.

They could have tried to solve the compute problem by creating a client that used the power of the consumer's device in exchange for free usage, de-facto creating their own cloud and billing businesses at the same time. It was a long shot, but one that had a lot more freedom and a lot more upside. They chose to go safe at the expense of capping their future.

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LesleyFair OP t1_j648lyf wrote

Thanks for your input. Imho, distributing compute load to consumer devices is not as easy as it sounds.

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dr_set t1_j64g4d5 wrote

Agree, it's a very long shot and you'll need to target specific segments, like gamers to get the power of their GPU's to make it worth while. But I would gladly permanently give them 1 or 2 GBs of memory my 32, 100 GB of disk space (your average AAA game space) and let them use my overpowered GPU while I'm not gaming if they let me access ChatGPT as an assistant on my desktop with a simple combination of keys and to play with Dall-E in similar manner with no limits and no queues.

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ebolathrowawayy t1_j64aj9h wrote

Did you not read the part where after a certain amount is paid back, OpenAI regains control of 100% of the shares?

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dr_set t1_j64f74i wrote

Assuming they make that money, but it doesn't say how. For example, if they get a chunk of The Office sales or Bing's revenue to do so. Sure as hell is not going to be selling 42 dollars pro licenses, specially when you can use the tech in Bing and Office.

What is 100% sure is that Microsoft gets all the benefits of OpenAI for those products for a long time, even forever if they don't find a good revenue model outside Microsoft.

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AwesomeDragon97 t1_j653co9 wrote

Won’t happen. Making a deal with Microsoft is like making a deal with the devil.

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