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This whole saga whiffs of Machiavellianism

by gizajob 3y ago

antupis 3y ago
I would not be surprised if this is the beginning of the end for the company.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
  Nah. Microsoft still exist and is thriving. Altman is the new Bill Gates except he is better at retaining ~~cul~~ employees. Many at HN love him for those qualities.
  - PlugTunin 3y ago
    Can you clarify the meaning of 4 tildes surrounded by the letters 'cul', for those of us who are new around here? Thank you
    - binarytox1n 3y ago
      I believe they meant to use the tildes to indicate a strikethrough text format, as with markdown. The "cul", I would guess is an unfinished "cultists", even though you'd typically strikethrough a completed word. When trying to indicate a "change of mind" it would be better to use a dash: "Better at retaining cul- uh, employees."
  - piuantiderp 3y ago
    He does not hire "mercenaries", only trOO believers...
henry_viii 3y ago
> as Machiavelli said: >> Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer. https://blog.samaltman.com/value-is-created-by-doing https://blog.samaltman.com/value-is-created-by-doing
- gizajob 3y ago
  I meant the dark triad personality traits, more than borrowing from The Prince.
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api 3y ago
On just Sam’s part or all around? Seems like there might be quite a lot of it. Sam gives me a manipulative vibe but the way he was booted with knives out was also pretty gross. No clue what else was going on behind the scenes. Edit: if the people who booted him were really doing it in the name of safety paranoia, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t Machiavellian. The motive can be whatever but conspiring to boot someone like that is still a knife in the back.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
  I have interacted with him a few times and when he decides to help, he will help you all the way with an almost maniacal focus and drive. For what it's worth I have never heard bad things about him from individual interactions.

This whole saga whiffs of Machiavellianism

antupis 3y ago

I would not be surprised if this is the beginning of the end for the company.

TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
Nah. Microsoft still exist and is thriving. Altman is the new Bill Gates except he is better at retaining ~~cul~~ employees. Many at HN love him for those qualities.
- PlugTunin 3y ago
  Can you clarify the meaning of 4 tildes surrounded by the letters 'cul', for those of us who are new around here? Thank you
  - binarytox1n 3y ago
    I believe they meant to use the tildes to indicate a strikethrough text format, as with markdown. The "cul", I would guess is an unfinished "cultists", even though you'd typically strikethrough a completed word. When trying to indicate a "change of mind" it would be better to use a dash: "Better at retaining cul- uh, employees."
- piuantiderp 3y ago
  He does not hire "mercenaries", only trOO believers...

henry_viii 3y ago

> as Machiavelli said: >> Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer. https://blog.samaltman.com/value-is-created-by-doing https://blog.samaltman.com/value-is-created-by-doing

gizajob 3y ago
I meant the dark triad personality traits, more than borrowing from The Prince.

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api 3y ago

On just Sam’s part or all around? Seems like there might be quite a lot of it. Sam gives me a manipulative vibe but the way he was booted with knives out was also pretty gross. No clue what else was going on behind the scenes. Edit: if the people who booted him were really doing it in the name of safety paranoia, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t Machiavellian. The motive can be whatever but conspiring to boot someone like that is still a knife in the back.

ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
I have interacted with him a few times and when he decides to help, he will help you all the way with an almost maniacal focus and drive. For what it's worth I have never heard bad things about him from individual interactions.