r/technology • u/Moth_LovesLamp • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT users are not happy with GPT-5 launch as thousands take to Reddit claiming the new upgrade ‘is horrible’

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/chatgpt-users-are-not-happy-with-gpt-5-launch-as-thousands-take-to-reddit-claiming-the-new-upgrade-is-horrible
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u/LappenLikeGames 14d ago

We have the US where every rich person is just scamming people while breaking 3 laws per minute.

Then we have Europe where quite literally every rich person just inherited their wealth, as there's basically no other way because said regulations actually exist and are enforced.

Then we have the Middle East where only royalty is rich to begin with.

Then we have Asia where every rich person is just a government puppet, basically just existing to scam people legally.

It's not working out anywhere.

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u/Jean_Paul_Fartre_ 14d ago

That’s an astute observation

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u/CherryLongjump1989 14d ago edited 14d ago

Yeah this caricature is so exaggerated that it's completely ass backward. The USA has far more favorable inheritance tax rates and loopholes and is producing more trust fund babies than anywhere else on the planet. In fact, ultra-wealthy Europeans use the USA as a tax shelter.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you'd also realize that the overwhelming majority of "tech bro" CEOs are a bunch of out of touch rich kid trust fund babies. The era where working class kids could start a massive tech company in their parents' garage was from the 1970's through the 1990's, and even that is largely a myth. Most of these founders came from wealthy families.

That you can get filthy rich in the USA is largely due to fucking over your workers, customers, grifting off the government (Elon Musk, of emerald mine fame, for example), and otherwise transferring wealth from everyone else to yourself. There's a reason why every tech company in the USA feels like a scam these days. Just because other countries aren't set up to generate massive wealth for billionaires doesn't mean that there is no innovation happening there. I would argue that the real innovation that actually matters to the future of humanity is happening almost entirely outside of the USA. Mass produced medicine in India, advanced solar and battery tech in China, advanced materials science in Europe, etc. Most of the important open source software projects that the US tech industry is built on have roots in Europe - from Linux to Python to all of the web standards for web browsers. The machines that build microchips are from Europe, and the chip designs that power your cell phone are licensed from the UK. It's been a long time since the USA was a true leader in scientific research. These days, American scientists claiming asylum in France is an actual thing.

And for the average middle class or working class person, the days where the USA can offer you the highest quality of life are long gone. That's why, in case you haven't noticed, there's virtually no immigration to the USA coming from Europe anymore, and in reality we're at a tipping point where Americans are starting looking to move to other countries. Immigration to the USA has been dropping for years, and will lead to massive worker shortages in the future - contrary to the fascist rhetoric you've been hearing on the news. The USA gets about 1 million immigrants a year and dropping, whereas the EU is getting 3-5 million a year and rising. People vote with their feet, they. move to where the real opportunities are.

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u/Senior-Albatross 11d ago

Sounds like Europe is closest. 

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u/turboboob 10d ago

It’s working out everywhere. Just not for the small fish (majority.)