I'm not sure this dichotomy is enough for building a taxonomy of FOSS projects. But I guess it's a start and captures something often missing in other such attempts.

It's meant to be humorous, but this says something interesting about how design and marketing evolves.

There's some truth to this. It's easier to market yourself as a specialist rather than a generalist... This doesn't make it easy.

Here we go for a brand new marketing stunt from OpenAI. You can also tell the pressure is rising since all of this is still operating at a massive loss.

Alright, this piece is full of vitriol... And I like it. The CES has clearly become a mirror of the absurdities our industry is going through. The vision proposed by a good chunk of the companies is not appealing and lazy.

People have to realize that tycoons like the ones from big tech companies can both be rich and mediocre. They were smart enough to seize opportunities at the right time but they are not exceptional. In fact, they're even boring and spineless.

The best quote in this paper I think is: "There is nothing special about Elon Musk, Sam Altman, or Mark Zuckerberg. Accepting that requires you to also accept that the world itself is not one that rewards the remarkable, or the brilliant, or the truly incredible, but those who are able to take advantage of opportunities, which in turn leads to the horrible truth that those who often have the most opportunities are some of the most boring and privileged people alive."

The real problem is that lots of journalists can't come to term with the fairy tale and so fall prey to all their publicity stunts as if it had any hidden meaning. This is dangerous because of all the political power they try to seize for their own gains.

Meanwhile, "the most powerful companies enjoy a level of impunity, with their founders asked only the most superficial, softball of questions — and deflecting anything tougher by throwing out dead cats when the situation demands."

Now you can go and read this long piece.

Or why we shouldn't trust marketing survey... they definitely confuse perception and actual results. Worse they do it on purpose.

I definitely agree with this. I'm sick of the grand claims around what is essentially a parlor trick. Could we tone down the marketing enough so that we can properly think about making useful products again?

Interesting finding. Looks like the trust is not very high in the general public towards products with AI.