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It looks to me like exactly the kind of investment I would expect a wealthy angel to make in startups related to their interests, not undue bias.
If the article is based on facts then... is this not an example of corruption?
I am not a lawyer, but not necessarily. I think it comes down to, is this good for this company. If not and you are directing sales to another company that benefits you, that would be bad, but if buying from the other company you invest in is good for OpenAI, then it's ok. You are allow to have other investments, it comes down to disclosure, and not making a bad deal for reasons that personally profit you.
You could certainly make an argument for that, but it's not at all the standard practice currently, so I wouldn't say it's fair to single out Sam in this case unless there's other evidence of self-dealing.
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Worldcoin Whoever thinks that was a good idea doesn’t seem to have any concept - nor care for - morality and ethics, in my view. Maybe the board firing him was exactly over this and look who prevailed.
If you already think cryptocurrency[0] and UBI[1] are good ideas, I can see why Worldcoin looks like a good idea. [0] I don't, he clearly does [1] I am not sure, I want to but suspect it will cause inflation unless done very carefully, but UBI needs biometrics to avoid Sybil attacks
The answer is that you don't, and Worldcoin is just another giant ball of shit.
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World ID is great. I like logging into stuff without verifying my email, linking my GitHub/Twitter/whatever, or solving a bunch of CAPTCHAs when I’m on a VPN.
Biometrics are a username, not a password
You can see this with the apple touch ID implementation when you have multiple accounts on the same computer.
I'm as skeptical of OpenAI's dealings as anyone, but a $1m investment in a chip startup doesn't sound like he's a material owner. They've raised $33 million so far, minus the whole Prosperity7 divestiture kerfluffle (national security made a saudi-backed fund sell), so I'd be surprised if he owned in excess of 5%. It looks to me like exactly the kind of investment I would expect a wealthy angel to make in startups re…
I'm as skeptical of OpenAI's dealings as anyone, but a $1m investment in a chip startup doesn't sound like he's a material owner. They've raised $33 million so far, minus the whole Prosperity7 divestiture kerfluffle (national security made a saudi-backed fund sell), so I'd be surprised if he owned in excess of 5%. It looks to me like exactly the kind of investment I would expect a wealthy angel to make in startups re…
Again the argument: "I am so rich I would not possibly be dishonest for such a small amounts..." ?