Seriously? *Another* Round of Funding for OpenAI?

Right, so apparently some investors – bless their naive little hearts – just threw another $8.3 billion at OpenAI. Eight. Point. Three. Billion. For what, exactly? To make chatbots even better at sounding vaguely human while simultaneously hallucinating facts and potentially ruining the job market? Fantastic.

This latest cash injection values the company at a staggering $300 billion. THREE HUNDRED BILLION. I mean, come on. It’s not like they’re solving world hunger here; they’re building glorified text predictors. And don’t even get me started on the power consumption of these things. It’s a digital furnace fueled by venture capital and questionable ethics.

The article vaguely mentions something about “AGI safety research” – yeah, right. That’s what they *tell* people. I bet it’s mostly going towards bigger servers and more marketing to convince everyone that Skynet is actually a helpful assistant. They are also apparently using the money for Starlight, which is some new project that will probably just be another way to suck up even MORE data.

And of course, Microsoft is still deeply involved, because why *wouldn’t* they want an even bigger stake in this whole mess? It’s a beautiful symbiotic relationship: Microsoft provides the infrastructure, OpenAI builds the potentially-world-ending AI, and everyone pretends it’s all going to be okay.

Honestly, I need a drink. A strong one.

Source: TechCrunch

Related Anecdote (Because You Apparently Need One)

Back in ’98, I was tasked with migrating a critical database. The client insisted on using the shiniest new GUI tool instead of good old SQL scripts. It crashed. Repeatedly. Cost them six figures and a week of downtime. Sound familiar? People always chase the “new” without understanding the underlying mess. OpenAI is just that, but scaled up to a global catastrophe level.

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