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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

He has money so it must be important. Psychopathy is a virtue I'm told.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

Casually betting a trillion on the wrong horse.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 105 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sam Altman is a danger to our entire planet

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

~~Sam Altman~~ Billionaires are a danger to our entire planet

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[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 95 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What qualifies this guy to make any predictions that are printable? He's just making random guesses.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

It’s not random guesses, it’s intentional fictions to make investing in ‘AI’ companies sound like a good idea.

They think they can lie their way to real AI by convincing investors to pour enough money into them that poof real AI emerges.

They’re not going to get the poof they’re hoping for.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Intellectual property thief is confidently wrong about a task he has no right or expertise to be performing anyway. The LLM didn’t fall far from the tree.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 5 points 1 week ago

this guy to make any predictions that are printable?

That's what heads of State, heads of Corporations, heads of your HOA - are for: making public statements.

He’s just making random guesses.

Yeah, that's been all the rage for about a decade now.

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 75 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Just in, guy who allegedly raped his sister is wrong.

[–] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

~~Wasn't his sister also developmentally disabled? Is that right? CEO Billionaire Sam Altman violently raped his disabled sister then admitted to it like it was a relatable situation?~~

I was thinking of a different rich white guy that raped his sister.

Not every rich white guy, but seemingly always a rich white guy.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

Even if those accusations are false, the man still had a billion dollars while his sister was homeless.

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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can we pop this bubble already?

[–] Marn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not until the ultra rich have enough ai robots to protect them from an uprising

\s

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago
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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 week ago (6 children)

He looks so fucking clueless and straight up lost. How is this guy a fucking CEO? Or just a useful idiot for others to complete that Ai circlejerk where everyone is dumping billions into each other companies to pump up the stocks?

[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How is this guy a fucking CEO?

Wealthy background. Dropped out, got lucky with a startup and sold his stake for a decent sum, gaining enough momentum to keep failing upward.

The guy is absolutely clueless, which can be mathematically proven on the basis of the fact that he invested in a crypto firm.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

got lucky with a startup and sold his stake for a decent sum

He didn't get lucky... him and others bamboozled investors into buying Loopt which was never functional, once sold, it shut down in months. Exactly what he is doing right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0K4XPu3Qhg

Early days discussion (what I am referencing here) starts at 2:15

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wish I had no morals... Life is so easy when you don't give a single fuck about what you do to others... It's so infuriating to see how many wealthy people have amazing lives because they simply don't give a single fuck about anything but themselves.

Sociopathy is greatly rewarded in this stupid world we live in. :/

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[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't really look into what this startup did, but it doesn't surprise me. Elon Musk has a very similar kind of story, bullshitting his way to being a billionaire. The system is very heavily stacked in favour of dishonest people.

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[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I just want to be clear, most CEOs aren't smart. They have a slightly higher median intelligence than the wider population, but by and large CEOs are no more talented than your average used car salesman. While there's certainly outliers (on both sides), most intelligent people don't start careers in a field with an 80%+ chance of failure in the first 5 years. Altman's success in particular is 50% luck, 50% being a very convincing liar. These people aren't geniuses, they pay people to think for them, which is why having a machine think for them sounds like a great idea.

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

A lot of CEO's could say they have no clue what they're doing and mostly just 'faked it till they made it; and still fake it'

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I'm delighted to ⁠be wrong about this, I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than ​has actually happened," Altman told CBA Chief Executive Matt Comyn in a virtual interview at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney (via Reuters).

...he says after two years of some of the biggest tech layoffs in history that have impacted numerous tech businesses.

Maybe he just means he knows the companies are lying about layoffs for AI and it's just an excuse to cut labor, but I doubt it.

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah the job market is teetering and quite frankly I think the numbers coming out are a little cooked these days, because they paint a rosier picture than I see around me.

[–] underThunder@thelemmy.club 23 points 1 week ago

"I'm delighted to be wrong" is not something I want to hear from someone who has such an outsized impact on my perception of reality.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man who can't stand not seeing his name in the news every single day, keeps talking

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 week ago

They didn't even change the photo for the article

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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Oligarch tries to walk back claims to prevent backlash from investors and the general public.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He’s delighted that the jobs apocalypse is underway when he predicted it wouldn’t happen. Okay, so?

This guy is such a tool. Can’t stand him!

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some 8,000 people that just got laid off at Meta disagree.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That layoff was happening regardless

[–] e461h@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

And it’s still fair to call out Meta for using that as bs cover.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 16 points 1 week ago

CEO says bullshit like it wasn't his fucking job

[–] Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So hard to find a good plumber

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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Let's hope he "sees the light" just before a new "Luigi" rounds the corner behind him.

Fingers crossed

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[–] magnue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Dude seems just so out of touch at this point. You can't make confident threats about the technology and then just go 'oops haha'

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Sam allotment has the eyes of a man the ai has been using as a meat puppet for a year.

This spelling error was brought to you by swype. Any decent keyboards or there?

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 6 points 1 week ago

I've been using Heliboard on Android for a while now and like it, basically FOSS swipe keyboard.

Currently uses Google's closed-source swipe library which you have to manually download, but they're actively working on crowd sourcing an open source one which you can contribute to in the app.

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[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Sam Altman should shut up. He is partly to blame for this.

Selfish prick.

[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

CEO of tech company talks about slop.

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Fuck off Altman. Seriously. It's unfortunate your dad didn't hug you enough as a child but you didn't have to compensate by growing up to be a fuck head. He's still not going to hug you.

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's the token model that will kill it

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