Comment by ApolloFortyNine
2 years ago
> Sam Altman forced her to represent a product, forever. That’s fucked up.
He never mentioned her by name, he pointed out how the AI demo OpenAI created is similar to the _character_ from Her.
If you don't want to be linked to a character forever, maybe don't act? It's just such a ridiculous statement to make. Like making an argument that no one should talk about Obi Wan because Alec Guinness didn't like being recognized from Star Wars.
It’s my understanding he directly asked twice: once early on and then again right before the unveiling.
And your example is absurd. A fictional character about fantasy vs a fictional product were on the cusp of creating. I’ve never watched her so can’t comment more.
> he pointed out how the AI demo OpenAI created is similar to the _character_ from Her.
Are you a mind-reader, or how do you know that that was all he intended?
> He never mentioned her by name, he pointed out how the AI demo OpenAI created is similar to the _character_ from Her.
And yet Kaparthy (a co-founder of OpenAI) did mention her by name as "the killer app of LLMs", less than 24 hours from the announcement.
> The killer app of LLMs is Scarlett Johansson.
https://x.com/karpathy/status/1790373216537502106
Kaparthy no longer works at OpenAI. Hasn't since February.