Tech really can’t see begging for more money from VC’s as nothing short of a revolution, rolls eyes.
I can’t believe he invented Markdown, one of the most genuine amazing things to come out of languages and the like, especially after what I just read.
JOHN GRUBER wrote a… thing? About Open AI’s begging of more money they absolutely don’t need. I stopped reading at this paragraph. Maybe he proves me wrong in the latter parts of the post, but this paragraph sure as shit did nothing to convince me he’s worth keeping up with for serious tech journalism.
> Thus, effectively, OpenAI is to this decade’s generative-AI revolution what Netscape was to the 1990s’ internet revolution. The revolution is real, but it’s ultimately going to be a commodity technology layer, not the foundation of a defensible proprietary moat. In 1995 investors mistakenly thought investing in Netscape was a way to bet on the future of the open internet and the World Wide Web in particular. Investing in OpenAI today is a bit like that — generative AI technology has a bright future and is transforming the world, but it’s wishful thinking that the breakthrough client implementation is going to form the basis of a lasting industry titan.
I mean, if you wanna read it, have at it, but I simply have to know, where does his journalism shine?
I stopped reading Gruber years ago to preserve my blood pressure, but this particular piece is not that bad. In particular the Netscape analogy rang true.
