the artificial intelligence thread

AI bro fatuously claims that AI is "punk rock", gets massively dragged by Bluesky
Justin wrote:
AI bro fatuously claims that AI is "punk rock", gets massively dragged by Bluesky


There was a great response:
rage with the machine.
Data center building is going to eclipse office building very soon
https://x.com/nlw/status/1955074984046424065
NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:
Not sure anyone has been following the news about Meta this last week
But the salary packages are getting top tier pro sports level
But allegedly they are paying a signing bonuses for AI talent in the order of $100 million to 28 year old Alexandr Wang

I am actually genuinely shocked someone could turn down this offer
Meet the man who rejected Marck Zuckerberg’s $1.5b job offer

I wonder if these engineers will get sponsorship deals in the future
Is Wolfberg AI or do they just suck? The debate rages.
Should’ve started with something easier like talentless goons like Tom Morello or “The” “Edge” or Joe Strummer.
Heard a snippet of a decent funk rock version of Back In Black and went looking for the source and yep just one of many AI creations someone is cranking out in Brazil.  Shame because it worked and I would check out  any actual band doing this
kosmo wrote:
Heard a snippet of a decent funk rock version of Back In Black and went looking for the source and yep just one of many AI creations someone is cranking out in Brazil.  Shame because it worked and I would check out  any actual band doing this


I heard they’re coming to the Trump Kennedy Center
I think elon wants the first billion dollar spite company  (although I guess he already did that with twitter?)

Elon Musk starts new AI company Macrohard to rival Microsoft

Micro>Macro
Soft>Hard

SeriousSideFX wrote:
I think elon wants the first billion dollar spite company  (although I guess he already did that with twitter?)

Elon Musk starts new AI company Macrohard to rival Microsoft

Micro>Macro
Soft>Hard


If Musk could monetize cringe, he'd be a billionaire all over again.
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
kosmo wrote:
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
Probably trying to start a pay it forward chain.
Julian, wrote:
kosmo wrote:
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
Probably trying to start a pay it forward chain.

I was watching Tim Robinson’s take on the pay it forward just yesterday
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/02/openai-is-the-worlds-most-valuable-private-company-after-private-stock-sale

OpenAI has sold $6.6 billion in shares held by current and former employees, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The sale pushed OpenAI’s total valuation to $500 billion, the highest ever achieved by a privately held company.


on the same day this new broke too
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-becomes-first-person-hit-net-worth-500-billion-2025-10-01/