Still reading Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 3 of Rivers of London series.

Nothing much to talk about it yet.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


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    8 months ago

    How does it portray OpenAI and Sam Altman?

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      8 months ago

      Basically as a modern-day East India Trading Company. The book frames their actions around a discussion of empires, and she shows Sam Altman as someone who is driven by a desire to accumulate power for himself.

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        8 months ago

        Interesting. Might be worth a read.