Apparently no public money was involved.
replyThis is contrary to the mayor's words on Twitter.
reply> An open AI model trained in Rio with public funding over the last year by @Prefeitura_Rio surpassing all other models.
Unlike the big companies who do this, which often are merely impure scams on tax payer money a little more downstream.
replyCompanies that generate loads of corporation tax, income tax, and VAT revenue are the exact opposite of wastes of public money.
replyYes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities.
replyYou'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now.
Great, now we're defending embezzlement and fraud with public funds on HN, because we really really hate big business.
replyA child caught doing something bad will cry "but my friends also did it!", is that the level of reasoning hackers want to be at?
There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays
replyHN has always discussed business
replyThat seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related.
replyWhat part of that said "defense?"
replyThey can both be bad.
> Great, now we're defending embezzlement
replyI might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.