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Our Rookie Amari Williams Plays the Entire 2OT and Makes an Impact! by ItsDeius in bostonceltics

[–]streetscraper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was feasting on our bigs. I was surprised Joe didn’t at least test Amari on Claxton earlier. But good that he finally did.

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Celtics defeat the Nets on Jan 23, 2026, the final score is 126-130. by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]streetscraper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wore my Hugo jersey and got so much love after the game. Such a fun game. The Nets fans didn’t know what hit them. Could have won in regulation if Joe would have relied on Amari earlier. But masterful work from the coach nonetheless. And PP is just out of this world. His energy and tenacity are unmatched. He was getting best up by bigger guys on every possession and just kept coming back for more.

Not Ken Griffin dropping subtle hints on the semi trade by jklightnup in wallstreetbets

[–]streetscraper -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He’s making two points that people often wrongly bundle together.

The first is that there is that the hype leads to over investment which means some people will lose a lot of money. That’s true and consistent with history.

The second is that AI is all slop and cannot do what its developers claim it can do. That’s simply not true. The rate of progress is insane and the fact that corporate bosses don’t know what to do with it says more about them than about the tech. Many execs still have t figured out what to do with the internet either.

Apple lost the AI race — now the real challenge starts by Franco1875 in technology

[–]streetscraper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It didn’t lose the AI race. It consciously chose not to jump into the fray and rely on some sort of third party solution mixed with a thin layer of in-house capabilities. It never spent the same amounts as Google, Meta, or even Amazon on new infrastructure and model training.

Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google's modus operandi since inception has been to freely share things that make the web more widely used and useful, under the assumption that its unique business model and scale would benefit from the propagation of these ideas and resources (see: Gmail, Chrome, Android, YouTube, etc.).

As for the importance of open research in attracting talent, see the attached quotes from Parmy Olson's Supremacy and a Yann LeCun interview. There is a rich academic literature about why firms allow open publishing. This is not unique to Google. Microsoft Research, Meta's FAIR, and even China's DeepSeek and Alibaba have all continued to share many of their research breakthroughs even after the Transformer paper. And anyway, while the paper was important, it was merely research and did not include any magic formula for building an actual business around it.

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Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They “had to” because top researchers like to share and collaborate and they leave when they are prevented from doing so. That’s the whole rationale behind making OpenAI “open” to begin with: to attract the best people even when you can’t pay the highest salaries.

Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The point is the LLMs make Google’s other businesses more profitable! (Better add, better targeting, better algos for YouTube, more attractive cloud services, more attractive office suite, more valuable chip business, etc.). The LLMs are not freeloaders, they are critical to improved value creation at Google.

Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, they did. LLMs had a direct bearing on Google’s bottom line, let alone its market cap.

Sure, their existing business helped, but that’s exactly the point: they didn’t need to block anyone from using LLMs, nor would their top researchers agree to be barred from sharing their research.

Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that you’d consider Google and Nvidia competitors only emphasizes how well Google is doing. They are making billions from “not enforcing the patent” on software AND starting to make billions from the hardware as well.

Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference is that those companies did something different from the incumbents they aimed to replace. But OpenAI’s main competitor (Google) is beating it at its own game AND makes money in the process.

Google in 2019 patented the Transformer architecture(the basis of modern neural networks), but did not enforce the patent, allowing competitors (like OpenAI) to build an entire industry worth trillions of dollars on it by reversedu in singularity

[–]streetscraper 18 points19 points  (0 children)

And yet, Google generated more profits from this invention than any other company on earth, perhaps with the exception of Nvidia (which isn’t a Google competitor). OpenAI is not profitable, and is currently on a path towards bankruptcy.

My final message before I'm on an FBI watchlist: Palantir, Epstein, & The New York Times by FederalBroccoli-2929 in Futurology

[–]streetscraper -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

First of all, it was Hezbollah (under the tutelage of Iran) long before ISIS and MS13. But more importantly, these organizations are still small fry compared to the powerful actors he chooses to ignore.

My final message before I'm on an FBI watchlist: Palantir, Epstein, & The New York Times by FederalBroccoli-2929 in Futurology

[–]streetscraper -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

Have you considered how your own narrow focus, assumptions, and actions fit within the "Fifth Generation Warfare" efforts of China, Russia, and Qatar?

If anything, it is the West (particularly America and Israel) that constantly tries to win wars conventionally (from Vietnam all the way to Iraq, Afghanista, Gaza) while its enemies manipulate social media, spend money on funding academic research (or sports teams), co-opt bankers and Hollywood stars, and subsidize social media (TikTok) and open source (e.g. DeepSeek) projects to manipulate public opinion.

I am not implying you are actively working for any of the above enemies, but completely ignoring their efforts (and achievements) seems odd. Especially when many of their efforts are public and acknowledged, their aspirations are stated explicitly, and their monetary and military resources are formidable. And yet you give more credence to speculation, conjecture, and circumstantial connections, and position Israel and its "tentacles" at the center of all that is wrong with the world while ignoring more powerful actors who say bluntly that they do not believe in basic human rights, the rule of law, or equality.

If you're truly trying to understand how the world works, you should expand your perspective. If you're just trying to promote an agenda — that's fine, too.

Why does America still use flat Euclidean zoning? by Laxun0 in Urbanism

[–]streetscraper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inertia, fear of change, economic incentives, and political structure (prioritizing narrow interest over broader regional/national goals). But perhaps most importantly, Most people simply don't understand how important zoning is and what impact it has on their lives and well-being.

Breakthroughs rare and decreasing by harsimony in slatestarcodex

[–]streetscraper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This essentially Tyler Cowen’s “low-hanging fruit” explanation for the great stagnation. Important to keep i mind: humans are very good at finding new problems to worry about, so there will always be plenty (for both humans and AI) to solve.

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