What's stopping Microsoft buying OpenAI like Google (Alphabet) bought DeepMind?

Microsoft wouldn't make back the purchase price doing anything with OpenAI's IP that they can't do now.

It would be a damn valuable acqui-hire though. I think the deepmind-acquisition comparison grandparent post makes is very apt.

OpenAI's board of directors, I'd say. Becoming a subsidiary to Microsoft compromises their mission.

using IFTTT != hacking a Google Home

Hack in the MIT sense.

it’s a lifehack. ish.

A lot of this article is based on Jacy's new book, which I reviewed and summarized earlier this year. Well worth checking out to dive deeper into some of these issues. Link here: https://medium.com/@hnryjmes/61-key-insights-and-thoughts-af...

“1. The scale of animal suffering is in the hundreds of billions killed every year. Most of that is unnecessary, which further adds to the tragedy. However, horror on this sort of scale just doesn’t motivate some people. For them, we need to talk about other things — or the message simply won’t stick.”

or, how my Pixel XL feels in my hand after about 10 minutes of use