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I feel I'd take every word of that with a massive grain of salt. It reeks of cult of personality.
by bmitc 4y ago
I feel I'd take every word of that with a massive grain of salt. It reeks of cult of personality.
- dilap 4y agoI did take it with a huge grain of salt (and an eye-roll) reading it years ago. However, given where sama and OpenAI are today, perhaps pg was right all along!
- HarHarVeryFunny 4y agoIt seems consistent with anything I've ever read from VCs - success is based on teams/people not the idea (and it's quite common for startups to "pivot" to brand new ideas if one is not getting traction). The Microsoft investment in OpenAI came out of a chance meeting between Altman and Nadella at some conference they were both attending - Altman pitched him on the idea, and was evidentially very persuasive to get that level of investment!