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I suspect for people like Sam who are compulsively ambitious and competitive, it's not about the dollars. It's about winning. Further, based on anecdotes from
by MikeTheRocker 3y ago
I suspect for people like Sam who are compulsively ambitious and competitive, it's not about the dollars. It's about winning.
Further, based on anecdotes from friends and Twitter who know Sam personally, I'm inclined to believe he's genuinely motivated by building something that "alters the timeline", so to speak.
- ah765 3y agoBeing the guy who built AGI will alter the timeline the most, so I think he'll be much more interested in that than being CEO of Microsoft.
- chx 3y agoAGI is decades if not centuries away. Cranking a plausible sentence generator to be even more plausible will not get there. I do not understand how people suddenly completely lost their minds.
- sensanaty 3y agoThe hype wave really is something else, eh? People are suddenly talking as if these advanced chatbots are on the precipice of genuine AGI that can run any system you throw at it, it's absolute lunacy
- chx 3y ago> The hype wave really is something else, eh? I am old enough to remember the "How Blockchain Is Solving the World Hunger Crisis" articles but this new wave is even crazier.
- nextlevelwizard 3y ago>I am old enough to remember So, like 15 year old?
- eddtries 3y agoIf he was, he signed up to HN at 2! I do think it's funny how the Blockchain Consultants have become AI Consultants though.
- chx 3y agoHere's one from 2019: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/12/26/how-blockchain-can-address-food-waste-and-hunger/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/12/26/ho...