not an issue. ai in 2018 had agi potential. today we only have the infinite sludge generators.
this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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i don’t think people in this forum would disagree with this move in 2018, as much as sentiments have changed. if you remove the political context and market moves from the equation, it is truly fascinating how these models work. GPT 2 was a crazy leap forward for language modeling, and the idea that a language model would be threatening middle class jobs wasn’t even on the table at that point. the idea that a pile of floating point numbers could write a React app is incredible, if politically fraught.
also, it wasn’t clear back then what OpenAI would become. they were a non-profit, and as clear as our hindsight is today this was before ChatGPT or any customer facing products were coming out of OpenAI.
i can’t be the only nerd in the room that has been fascinated by AI since i was a child only to face a reality where it’s not what i imagined it would be.
Back then OpenAI also heavily used/developed/showcased the AI technology for DOTA 2 (Valve's game) bots, at level which was spectacular at the time. It makes only sense that the front face of a company shows interest in the (non-profit at the time) product of their partner organisation.
A lot has changed since 2018 fwiw
OpenAI used to be a public benefit company. Or it called itself one anyway
https://qz.com/openai-abandons-the-pretense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Sam_Altman_from_OpenAI
And a lot was different back then
He also got Kojima in touch with Elon Musk back when the former worked on Death Stranding. But I agree with comments here saying things have changed since.
Other things haven‘t, of course. I‘m not a fan of Newell because he is still a billionaire. It‘s not surprising they‘ve all been hanging out at some point.
In 2018 we didn't know what monster it would become
Back then this shit was cool.
God if ONLY it were so cool. Instead we just have sexting chatbots that get old people with dementia to kill themselves.
Don’t forget about all the non-consentual nudes and CSAM
How could I EVER forget...
Gaming company CEO falls for preorder hype, regrets it.
Is this surprising to people? Someone high up in technology was in infromal advisory board around technology? I should say especially after ponying up cash.
At this amount why is it donation and not investment? Is it a tax thing?
It was a non profit at the time
Sometimes based, sometimes a moron.
And forevermore a billionaire.
He's human after all.