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Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Musk has a lot to do with the state of the country right now. Do you read the news?

You are really giving him a lot of credit here. Thats mostly the news cycle doing what it does - focusing on the big stories and loudest speakers.

He ran a government institution that recklessly cut public spending and hurt us all. What are you talking about?

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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God why do people frame things in such extremes? Neither person is a psychopath. If anyone is closer to a psychopath it’s Altman, but he doesn’t completely fit the monicker.

Haven't you heard? Psychopath, like Pedophile, is a mere epithet these days, to indicate a person's favoured status with the in-crowd. In contrast to the equally meaningless epithet "woke".

> like Pedophile

I really wouldn’t conflate these two. People with documented allegations of child rape are in a separate category from diagnosed-over-the-TV types.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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I am sure that nothing illegal was done here.

But the fact that OpenAI was a nonprofit and then suddenly became a for-profit is definitely something that does not feel right. I am 100% sure that it is all legal and such, but we have this mental model that “nonprofits are the good guys, run by people who just want to help humanity and nothing else.”

But that is not true, and probably never was.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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post #73

I am sure that nothing illegal was done here. But the fact that OpenAI was a nonprofit and then suddenly became a for-profit is definitely something that does not feel right. I am 100% sure that it is all legal and such, but we have this mental model that “nonprofits are the good guys, run by people who just want to help humanity and nothing else.” But that is not true, and probably never was.

The whole idea of a non profit never made any sense, it’s conflating the idea of profitability with altruism. These are completely independent things.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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post #48

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God why do people frame things in such extremes? Neither person is a psychopath. If anyone is closer to a psychopath it’s Altman, but he doesn’t completely fit the monicker.

Haven't you heard? Psychopath, like Pedophile, is a mere epithet these days, to indicate a person's favoured status with the in-crowd. In contrast to the equally meaningless epithet "woke".

Outside of Elon Musk's Twitter, I think pedophile is actually used pretty appropriately in most spots.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Also, doesn't musk hate him? I have to imagine he's behind this.

> have to imagine he's behind this Is Musk probably throwing fuel on the fire? Yes, probably. (Though we have no proof of this.) Is Musk causing this? No. This is mainly Altman’s doing. The hyperbole. The lying. The leverage. The pomp. Even Zuckerberg and Bezos haven’t painted a target on themselves like he has. (To the point that I’m borderline sympathetic.)

Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge makes a strong case we _do_ have proof that Musk is actively gathering and throwing fuel on the fire: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/929129/s...

> But the thing is, Molo doesn’t actually have to be good at this job, because the point of this trial isn’t to win — though I’m sure Musk wouldn’t mind a win. The point is to punish Altman, Brockman, and OpenAI. Musk has done that pretty thoroughly — reinforcing in the public’s mind that Altman is a liar and a snake. This morning, I read an exclusive in The Wall Street Journal that assorted Republican AGs and the House Oversight committee wanted to look into Sam Altman’s investments. References to the trial are peppered throughout the article.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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He's saying "hey, maybe stop donating to Republicans expecting them to help you out when in reality they will screw over anyone but themselves and especially don't donate to them when the GOP is aggressively homophobic and wants to get rid of your existence entirely"

I didn't see anything related to homophobia in the comment or any replies except yours...

There's a strand of white neoliberal gays (Sam, Thiel) who have thrown their lot in with the far-right for economic benefit.

If any of them read books I would send them a biography of Ernst Röhm

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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