it's tough enough in some genres. if I don't get retro-nauseous after some time, I don't even question it anymore ... and the only tool I found quick enough to check wanted me to log in for ...whatever

> Its not exactly a space for free thinking timelines.

Same goes for academia. People's visions compete for other people's financial budgets, time and other resources. Some dogs get to eat, study, train at the frontier and with top tools in top environments while the others hope to find a good enough shelter.

If academia is in question, then so are their titles. When I see "PhD", I read "we decided that he was at least good enough for the cause" PhD, or PhD (he fulfilled the criteria).

then we should ask: will Meta come close enough to the fulfillment of the promises made, or will it keep achieving good enough outcomes?

all that led up to Deepseek needed more. don't forget where it all comes from.

I love this application of AI the most but as many have stated elsewhere: mathematical precision in law won't work, or rather, won't be tolerated.

Do you have an example that you rely on for that kind of statement?

stretching the infinite game is exactly that, yes, "This is the way"

I always take a bird's eye kind of view on things like that, because however close I get, it always loops around to make no sense.

> is massively monopolistic and have unbounded discretionary research budget

that is the case for most megacorps. if you look at all the financial instruments.

modern monopolies are not equal to single corporation domination. modern monopolies are portfolios who do business using the same methods and strategies.

the problem is that private interests strive mostly for control, not money or progress. if they have to spend a lot of money to stay in control of (their (share of the)) segments, they will do that, which is why stuff like the current graph of investments of, by and for AI companies and the industries works.

A modern equivalent and "breadth" of a Bell Labs (et. al) kind of R&D speed could not be controlled and would 100% result in actual Artificial Intelligence vs all those white labelababbebel (sry) AI toys we get now.

Post WW I and II "business psychology" have build a culture that cannot thrive in a free world (free as in undisturbed and left to all devices available) for a variety of reasons, but mostly because of elements with a medieval/dark-age kind of aggressive tendency to come to power and maintain it that way.

In other words: not having a Bell Labs kind of setup anymore ensures that the variety of approaches taken on large scales aka industry-wide or systemic, remains narrow enough.