[FRIAM] money is a delusion

[Marcus Daniels]

Wouldn’t that be the strategy to cut off free users entirely? The key thing is to convince paying users that they are an advantage professionally by buying-in, and that OpenAI services are better than competitors? Honestly, I’m a little miffed by all the focus on cute pictures. 

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of glen <gepropella at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
To: friam at redfish.com <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: [FRIAM] money is a delusion 

OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry
https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/ <https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/>

OK. I've changed my mind. Please buy a fixed price subscription and absolutely HAMMER ChatGPT & Grok with stupid requests to interpret Miley Cyrus lyrics or explore the detailed implications of an Objectivist society ... or generate silly images of Trump with donkeys. Let's convince the Broligarchs that we think their toys are useful. And that even if there's a "correction" at some point, there will be plenty of spin-offs <https://tante.cc/2025/04/15/these-are-not-the-same/ <https://tante.cc/2025/04/15/these-are-not-the-same/>>! (As if they weren't already enslaved by their Visions.)

I guess the question begging to be asked for such a DDoS attack is what to do with the generated output. We want way too much for any human to look at. >/dev/null seems like a waste. Hard drives are cheap, though. Maybe we could store it for posterity? If there really is a societal collapse, maybe the alien anthropologists could reverse engineer these LLMs from their generative detritus.

Meanwhile, in the actual world:
https://dailynous.com/2025/04/15/philosophy-major-snatched-by-ice-during-citizenship-interview/ <https://dailynous.com/2025/04/15/philosophy-major-snatched-by-ice-during-citizenship-interview/>

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