AmericanOP's comments

On: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

[AmericanOP]

Open AI had first mover advantage.

Sam squandered it.

On: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

[AmericanOP]

For 50 years we've known EVERYTHING Trump touches turns to mierde.

Sam thought he was special. He is not.

On: We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk

[AmericanOP]

I do think OpenAI's brand is dumpstered.

[thunky → AmericanOP]

Optimistic. My money is on everyone forgetting about this by next week.

[deepsquirrelnet → thunky]

That’s why I unsubbed today! Otherwise I might forget.

[cube00 → thunky]

It will be interesting to see if this permeates out into the general public who already use ChatGPT or maybe it won't since it doesn't mention ChatGPT which is the stronger known brand rather then OpenAI.

[davidw → cube00]

More and more of the press is owned by oligarchs who are putting their thumbs on the scales, so that could be a factor.

[Analemma_ → thunky]

It depends. Normies don't care, but a bunch of them are free tier users anyway. The people who care are disproportionately on the $200/month moneymaking plan; losing a bunch of them could hurt, especially if it snowballs the consensus that Claude Code is the serious choice for software engineering.

For one small data point, my Signal GC of software buddies had four people switch their subscriptions from Codex to Claude Max last night.

[BLKNSLVR → Analemma_]

How many $200/month does the US government cover though? I'd say probably a lot. Especially with how much extra the DoD will pay to get OpenAI to cross it's "red lines" - on day two.

[yoyohello13 → thunky]

Yeah just wait until the next model comes out. People will be riding Sam’s dick again in no time.

[doodlebugging → yoyohello13]

I'm sure his sister will appreciate others lining up so he leaves her alone forever.

[actionfromafar → thunky]

Yeah, myself I use ChatGPT, not OpenAI!

[303space → AmericanOP]

The way OpenAI and Anthropic are positioned in public discourse always reminded me of the Uber vs Lyft saga … Uber temporarily lost double digit marketshare in the US during a viral boycott over their perceived support of the Trump 1.0 admin. Heads did roll at the exec/founder level but eventually the company recovered.

[jellyroll42 → 303space]

unfortunately I think that's probably a good analogy

[djeastm → AmericanOP]

Among developers on HN, perhaps, but their goal is to soon replace developers altogether so from their perspective it's simple cost-benefit

On: OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network

[AmericanOP]

Department of War just killed OpenAI's brand

On: OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network

[AmericanOP]

Instant uninstall.

On: Is it a bubble?

[AmericanOP]

Whichever PM sold glazing as a core feature should be ejected into space.

On: ChatGPT Atlas

[AmericanOP]

This is what always happen when your general purpose tool needs to be marketed through use cases.

On: 36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens

[AmericanOP]

But can you make it talk dirty to me

On: Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve

[AmericanOP]

Anton Petrov helping wonderful people learn about electromagnetism around black holes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6qN3ovTsE0&t

On: Ultraviolet Superradiance from Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Systems

[AmericanOP]

Hossenfelder enjoyer spotted

[ganzuul → AmericanOP]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=R6G1D2UQ3gg