alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 23 days agoGabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down114
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board'www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·23 days agoI can’t hate him since he broke Windows monopoly in gaming.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·22 days agoAnd I can’t hate Elon Musk because he promoted electric cars. I love it when completely unaccountable industry monopolists make decisions for all of society when I agree with them. They’re so cool!
minus-squareBigJohnnyHines@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·22 days agoI hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoSo compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn’t obtuse with my point.
I can’t hate him since he broke Windows monopoly in gaming.
And I can’t hate Elon Musk because he promoted electric cars.
I love it when completely unaccountable industry monopolists make decisions for all of society when I agree with them. They’re so cool!
I hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things.
So compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn’t obtuse with my point.