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Posted by adrianhon 1 day ago

Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?(www.newyorker.com)
1980 points | 821 commentspage 12
Aboutplants 1 day ago|
Seeing Sam Altman slowly degrade into the realization that he is in fact not as smart as others in this space has been fascinating to watch. He used to speak with enthusiasm and confidence and now he’s like a scared little boy who got in way too deep.

The last person that this happened to was Sam Bankman Fried as investors and regular folk finally realized he was full of complete shit and could only talk the game for so long until the truth emerged.

tim333 9 hours ago||
They were both pretty smart in certain ways. Altman's very good at being manipulative and raising money though seems so so on the tech. Bankman Fried was smart at crypto and the like but ethically challenged on the don't steal your customer's money part.
the_doctah 1 day ago|||
And they both peddle the same altruism smokescreen. Sociopath leader playbook.
therobots927 1 day ago||
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jjtheblunt 1 day ago|||
which of the two are you referring to as possibly angling for a pardon?
Findecanor 1 day ago||
Bankman-Fried has already done it.
jjtheblunt 12 hours ago||
Wow. His parents incredibly are not in jail but were, I read, extraordinarily complicit. What a mess.
throwawayq3423 1 day ago|||
I have a feeling he might be angling for a pardon if he ends up bringing the whole global economy down.
jerrygoyal 20 hours ago||
could someone please give a tldr? this was way too long
askl 13 hours ago|
The answer to the question in the title is "no".
kazinator 16 hours ago||
I place my trust in Betteridge's Law of Headlines.
NickC25 12 hours ago||
I think the answer is a resounding "no".

Anyone who deliberately seeks power should not be given it.

guzfip 1 day ago||
> Lehane—whose reported motto, after Mike Tyson, is “Everyone has a game plan until you punch them in the mouth”

lol do you think these guys have ever been hit? Let alone in the face. They’d probably be less eager to mouth off as much as they do if so.

Cheyana 1 day ago||
Harvey Dent…
the_doctah 1 day ago|
The brighter the picture, the darker the negative
thm 1 day ago||
Hybris.
selimthegrim 1 day ago||
Quite frankly, if he went and scrubbed (or had scrubbed) a Facebook thread I got in an argument with him on in 2018 (about the last time someone did an article about him) I can only imagine how obsessive he is about controlling his past and info about it.
nickphx 1 day ago|
speak for yourself, he doesnt control my future.
vntok 1 day ago|
Please don't leave us hanging; what makes you immune?
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