OpenAI valued at $157 billion dollars — currently losing $5 billion per year, and only raised enough for a year and change of operation today.
They'll probably crack AGI as quickly as Tesla's gotten robotaxis deployed.
After being published on my channel for over two years, YouTube put a strike on my channel for my video showing people how to set up Jellyfin on their NAS, for promoting "dangerous or harmful content".
Video was posted here () and had nothing about bypassing DRM, stealing content, or bypassing subscription services (other than a call to stop using Netflix, Disney+, etc. because they keep jacking up rates while providing less quality).
AI is a tool—but it's currently ripe for abuse. Elecrow responded after I called out an AI clone of my voice being used without consent on their YouTube channel.
The full story, and some lessons learned:
They stole my voice with AI
Elecrow—an electronics company that makes Pi and ESP accessories—used an AI voice for multiple tutorial series which sounds _almost exactly_ like me.
I never consented to have my voice used to promote Elecrow's products.
A Discord is not a substitute for a website. Or a support forum. Or an issue queue.
Or really pretty much anything besides maybe IRC or Matrix if you're not worried about the openness of the chat platform.
"But you can't make local infra as resilient as the cloud!"
Pfft, I think we have a decade of proof that statement is false. Local's also faster, and cheaper, if you invest anywhere near the same resources and don't just have a revolving door of contractors.
