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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I don't trust any of these types. If you haven't noticed by now morally decent people are never in charge of a any large organization. The type of personality suited to claw their way to the top usually lack any real moral compass that doesn't advance their pursuit of power.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

The best time to stop taking Altman seriously was ten years ago.

The second best time is now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Who is Sam Altman?

(This is a rethorical question)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I'll keep my open source generative models and will be happy to watch this bozo and his cultists and the artbros all eat shit all year-round.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The time was last year, but better late than sorry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

but for now, his approach is textbook Silicon Valley mythmaking

The difference is that in this case it is not hype—it is reality. It’s not a myth, it is happening right now. We are chugging inevitably down the track to the most dramatic discovery in human history. And Altman’s views on solving the climate crisis, disease, nuclear fusion… they are all within reach. If anything we need to increase our speed to get us there ASAP.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

How do we not know that this isn't an AI generated Sam Altman?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I would like to be able to listen to someone who is at the top of their game since it's most likely them who know the most. If they are the CEO of a company about the thing, that would make sense. I've seen plenty of enthusiasts start their own company because they had a lot of knowledge on the subject. Who do i look for the best information about the tech of tomorrow if not the people who are making it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Now this is a sh.itjust.works comment if I ever saw one. Gold medal, keep it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yann LeCun would probably be a better source. He does actual research (unlike Altman), and I've never seen him over-hype or fear monger (unlike Altman).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Anyone have a non pay wall link?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This trick should come in handy pal

12ft.io/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/sam-altman-mythmaking/680152/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ironically, your link is broken on Voyager because it doesn’t treat anything before the https as a link. It just leads straight to the normal pay walled site.

You need to embed the link for it to actually work. And even then, it may not work on this comment because it’ll try to route to my home instance due to having a Lemmy.world link for my image.

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