I’m relieved to see someone bring up the coup in all of this—I think there is a lot of focus on this post about what Thiel believes or is “thinking ” (which makes sense for a community founded on philosophy) versus what Thiel is “doing” (which is more entrepreneurship/silicon valley approach). We can dig into the ‘what led him down this path’ later imo but the more important objective is that he’s rich, powerful and making moves. Stopping or slowing those moves is the first step at this point… I definitely think the 2027 hype is not about reaching AGI but about groups vying for control and OpenAI has been making not so subtle moves toward that positioning…
I’m relieved to see someone bring up the coup in all of this—I think there is a lot of focus on this post about what Thiel believes or is “thinking ” (which makes sense for a community founded on philosophy) versus what Thiel is “doing” (which is more entrepreneurship/silicon valley approach). We can dig into the ‘what led him down this path’ later imo but the more important objective is that he’s rich, powerful and making moves. Stopping or slowing those moves is the first step at this point… I definitely think the 2027 hype is not about reaching AGI but about groups vying for control and OpenAI has been making not so subtle moves toward that positioning…
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