Former Amazon CEO to co-head Project Prometheus with tech executive Vik Bajaj, according to the New York Times
The name prometheus is already in use by an open source monitoring project:
They are both in the computer field so there is some chance for confusion. Especially if the Prometheus monitoring project has some AI capabilities then that would strengthen the case for a trademark naming conflict.
Apple Inc, the computer company, had to settle and pay Apple Corps (the Beatles record label) money to settle trademark rights for the Apple name when Apple got into music business:
AI would help to account for the memory footprint of Prometheus monitoring… but no. Not yet (I’ve used it for 7+ yrs at this point).
However theres also the NASA “Project Prometheus” which also predates this, more closely matches the name, but sadly also doesn’t have AI: found here
these are in separate industries, though. apple had to settle because they started apple music which tacitly operated in the exact same sector of the economy as a record label. just because two things have to do with computers doesn’t mean they’re both in the “computer field”.
for example, if apple had started selling pianos like yamaha in the mid 2000s instead of opening an in-house music label they’d still be in the “music field” but wouldn’t have had to settle with apple corps because there’s not a reasonable argument that consumers would confuse the two companies just based off the semantic “music” connection. same here. an AI startup isn’t at risk of violating the brand trademark of an open source monitoring project in basically any western legal framework. if the world worked the way you’re saying then a lot of brands wouldn’t exist due to being “in the same field”.
this startup likely will avoid trademark litigation based on that, despite the companies probably being in the same/similar classes. a judge isn’t going to do anything on these grounds.
the water beverage company Liquid Death has a flavor called “Dead Billionaire”. There are lots of flavors available on amazon but for some reason that’s not one of them.
I understand “eat the rich”, but I have no desire to drink the rich.
I will, however, pour them out on my plants.
It’s what the plants crave.
50$ he’s going to push for some life extension tech research
You gotta respect the man for how much he seems to relish in being pure evil. Prometheus like the movie, about the bald dudes who created life? And the ultimate artificial lifeform as a weapon that wiped em all out in the end? That’s a masterclass in Saturday morning ass villainy this Jeff practices.
He look like Dr. Evil, too, with those eyes.
At least Dr. Evil listened to his cronies and acknowledged he was out of touch with his initial low-ball demands.
The wax model of Dr. Evil
He should have gone with Colossus. There was a great 1970 scifi film named that about AI and… oh no, never mind.
Lol, image preview looks like 2 minutes of hate in 1984
i assumed that was intentional
Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds.
Project Prometheus
That’s some Deus Ex naming shit.
I don’t know why but miss usng mythos so bad just grinds my gears.
Like are you, one of the most powerful beings in the world, really stealing fire and giving it to mankind risking yourself in the process? Does any of that sound like what he’s fucking doing? Seriously.
Be like me running a mom and pop plumbing company in the valley name Zeus.
This picture looks like someone is going to throw a hammer through the picture
With how much external funding gets shoved into AI startups these days, I feel like 90% of AI startups are basically just a pump and dump with extra steps and targeted at investors. He’s probably already gotten millions in investments already just by this announcement.
Oh good we need more AI projects right now
There are too few AI startups right now, apparently 🤔
