cosmicgadget

Predictable? It was a campaign promise. People actively decided this is what they wanted.

> Apple says "This is the tip of the iceberg", and a lawsuit is necessary to uncover the full scope of what they think OpenAI has to hide.

Forgive me if I trust neither side's grandiose claims.

> one of the defendants allegedly dodged returning his company laptop

Yeah that accusation sounds sufficiently provable that it would be surprising if it was false. That being said, Apple claims it's part of a pattern that seems very inconsistent.

Considering how brazen Liu was, this could be a case of smug engineer and not corporate espionage.

That doesn't sound too heinous. As far as I am aware, employers aren't entitled to exit processes so long as they get their property back. OpenAI possessing an offboarding checklist accessible to any Apple manager doesn't seem like an IP issue.

I'm not sure what conclusion to draw from this part other than Apple trying to imply OpenAI has something to hide.

If you're interested in seeing them prosecuted you probably want to wait a couple of years. The current DOJ isn't doing so hot.

My money is on drone with missile pods.

IPO has entered the chat.

Maybe they believed Apple would roll their own AI and not have to license Google's.

Apple suing someone when they lose ground in a space is never surprising.

I didn't read the full complaint but the article focuses on bringing Apple IP to interviews. It's not clear that it was intended to steal trade secrets.

The Liu guy seemingly did so but he wouldn't be the first person to try to take his own work product out the door for personal reasons.

I distrust statements like:

> “pattern by employees who depart for OpenAI of taking steps to evade the security processes intended to protect Apple’s confidential information.”

This could mean almost anything.

The GOP would never do that because so much of their base milks the same entitlements. Might have to find a different solution.

This sounds dangerously apartheidy.

I live in that country which happens to be the global hegemon.

Without saying I believe the statement above, boiling the frog is a legitimate tactic. Think of all the things considered normal now that would have been absurd before 2016.

Who did that?

Is that sufficient reason to overturn a constitutional amendment by executive order?

So then they haven't missed in a couple of decades, with the understanding that not everyone enjoys the game style.

Can this abundant turmoil be refined into gasoline? Asking for a friend.

Of all the stupidity of this saga, believing Israel would simply go along with an agreement requiring them to not attack Lebanon is the stupidest.

Didn't some of the gulf states provide reconstruction payments already?

So Iran can shield Hezbollah and other allies/proxies via its stranglehold on the strait. This is quite the shift.

For people outside the Apple bubble, Jobs is disliked for perpetuating the Apple walled garden and contempt for its users.

Elon would have gotten there with his inability to deliver on promises but he found his political cash cow first.

This predates DC v Heller.

> I'm not buying this sudden retcon.

I mean it's right there in black and white. Yes, we've gone on a few tangents since then.

> literally what you were replying to in the aforementioned post!

No it's the AEI complaining that there aren't enough conservatives in higher education. There aren't any stats on summer barbecues MAGA adjunct professors weren't invited to. There aren't any anecdotes about an infowarrior instructor missing out on networking events. Just look at the quoted words above my request to see what they are in reference to.

> "Commonly accepted" does not mean "is true".

Correct. And if you asserted the existence of a god based on this common notion I wouldn't scream that it's religous hostility.

Of course, dieties are not a great example here since they're based purely on people's superstitions.

> No one in this thread is claiming a "coordinated conspiracy"

From above: "Conservatives have been basically purged from academia over the last 30 years"

Most political purges I'm familiar with aren't "oops, implicit bias!"

At the start of this I said: "I think the surprise is that someone believes its indicative of a giant conspiracy to exile conservative professors." If you agree with this could have saved yourself a lot of trouble.

> Like not inviting them to conferences, social gatherings, networking opportunities, etc.

We're talking about adults, right? In any event, it would be interesting to see some stats or hear some anecdotes on the matter.

> Again, decades of small bias add up.

Does it? Seems far more likely to settle on some sort of median. It's just that the median is considered 'leftist' because it embraces the scientific method while most conservative platforms need to deny evolution, climate change, etc.

> it's probably also true that being conservative in academia is also an inherent disadvantage, due to the same mechanism.

There are far, far more dissimilarities.

> just declare so as fact is an excellent example of the exact kind of hostility that keeps non-progressives from being at home in higher education.

My friend, I simply stated a conclusion that is very commonly accepted, including by conservatives (hints: populism, religion, gender roles). You're welcome to dispute it but instead you declare it 'hostile'. If conservatives think this is offensive then I'll add that to the list of reasons they seem to avoid scenarios where their viewpoints are challenged (because that's how academia works).

> Is it really surprising that people who disagree with someone's politics would let that bleed over into their assessment of that person's professional abilities?

It certainly can. That's a long way from a coordinated conspiracy. And there are layers of insulation like wanting talent regardless of personality and avoiding legal issues.

> Conservative professors are a rare breed in academia because non-conservatives in academia make it a very hostile workplace environment.

Like stealing their lunch or lighting them up in a reply-all or what are we talking about here? Note I'm not freaking out that you "just declared something as a fact".

And it's more than the self selection force of conseratives being too frightened that college will change their worldview. Take a liberal and a conservative with equivalent postgraduate degrees. Now offer them their choice of a faculty position or a C-suite career track. Based on the values that define their respective ideologies, is it a coin toss for which path either chooses?

I don't think there is surprise that higher learning is associated with progressivism. I think the surprise is that someone believes its indicative of a giant conspiracy to exile conservative professors.

And/or corporate culture has some major drawbacks compared to universities and national labs.

I think it's great. I don't mind the AI ranking system (it beats a free for all), though it's a bit like HN where only a few posts appeal to me.

I'd have upvoted you but I think you got eaten by /new.

I can say from experience that the small web has considerable breadth. I think what you're seeing here is a product of the small, curated list of sites combined with the recency bias of a feed data view.

You'll see similar results from the various indieweb indexes that primarily use the kagi RSS list from github; this list attracts a specific segment of the blogosphere.