I rarely use the top link of search results. I want to see a range of results so I can pick the most appropriate or narrow my search. I most certainly do not want my browser to assume it knows what I'm looking for.

The US hasn't had to be competitive in that way, and China now has more fire in the belly. I for one welcome our new Chinese AI overlords.

Anti-intellectualism and the defunding of education and science, combined with the advent of AI, is going to accelerate this trend, at least in the US. We're not only getting dumber, we're facilitating and celebrating it.

the ISPs will be forced to raise their rates due to the elimination of a scam, oops, I mean, the increased cost of doing business

As a marketer. He repackaged other people's tech and sold the hell out of it. As such, it's totally appropriate to honor him in this age of disinformation.

For one thing, it's got questionable usability. For another, if I'm interested in AI, Apple isn't the name that immediately comes to mind...

This means current chip design, as well as data center design, will soon be obsolete. Most estimates give it about 5 years at the current pace of development. Then what? All new data centers? Paid for with enormous profits no doubt???

You must be making a big profit, right? Or maybe you have a business plan to monetize those users that will let you pay back your investors and then some? ...? ...?

So-called 'disruptive' businesses represent profit for a few but exploitation for everybody else. The ultimate goal of society shouldn't be whiz-bang gadgets and billionaires, it should be prosperity and opportunity for all.

People quote Altman like they think he's trying to tell the truth. He's not. He's just as mendacious as Musk. You'll learn a lot more if you ignore his words and watch his actions.

Or live in a poor school district, you ain't gonna be gettin no $1000 tablet

Training your employees may help your company in the long run, but training costs money, which will impact your quarterly profits. Executives have famously short attention spans. And the AI hype bubble has your shareholders insisting on immediate implementation. What do?

Agreed. This seems hopelessly idealistic at this point in time.

"I don't know the answer to this problem, but we're working hard on making it worse."

Let's just make the desktop as confusing and distracting as possible. What could go wrong?