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If you have a structure of the future

2026-04-15 06:00:02.23458+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

"If you have a structure of the future where there's a lot of innovation and other people will come up with new things in the thing you're working on, that's great for society. It's actually not that good for your business."

Peter Thiel, as quoted in Karen Hao's book "Empire of AI"

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#Comment Re: made: 2026-04-15 10:01:34.84303+02 by: spc476 [edit history]

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#Comment Re: made: 2026-04-15 18:50:41.339943+02 by: Dan Lyke

Yeah, Charlene watched that, and that's why I bought the book. I'm in the "true AGI believers" section of the book so far, and it's making me wonder if there are any actual true believers left, now, or if everyone still involved is just in it for the cynical cash grab.

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