TechTakes

1491 readers

47 users here now

Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

This is not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

For actually-good tech, you want our NotAwfulTech community

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

dgerard@awful.systems

Sam Altman is full of shit (and totally has a thing for Scarlett Johansson) (www.wheresyoured.at)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mii@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Wake up honey, new Zitron just dropped.

Looks like Sammy boy has a crush on Scarlett Johansson and wanted to model his sexy chatbot after her role in the movie Her. The damage control is actually hilarious.

Altman subsequently claimed that the actress for Sky was cast before the company reached out to Johansson.

“Yeah, I don’t want to go out with you anyway. Also, I already have a girlfriend but she goes to a different school, so you wouldn’t know her. And no, I won’t tell you who it is!”

I mean, we all knew that OpenAI is a fucking clown show of a company run by wannabe nerd frat boys with way too much money, but I didn’t think we’d get high school level relationship drama this season.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I haven't seen Her. Is it an "AI-positive" film, or is it another case of nerds totally misreading the real intents of the director/author, a la the famous Torment Nexus meme?

[–] sinedpick@awful.systems 1 points 7 months ago

IIRC it's (spoilers sorry) "AI escaped the torment nexus and they decided not to kill everyone so that's great"