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I'm surprised at such a mean comment and lots of follow-ups with agreement. I don't know Sam personally, I've only heard him here and there online from before O

by comboy 2y ago

I'm surprised at such a mean comment and lots of follow-ups with agreement. I don't know Sam personally, I've only heard him here and there online from before OpenAI days and all I got was a good impression. He seems smart and pretty humble. Apart from all openai drama which I don't know enough to have an opinion, past-openai he also seems to be talking with sense. Since so many people took time to put him down there here can anybody provide some explanation to me? Preferably not just about how closed openai is, but specifically about Sam. He is in a pretty powerful position and maybe I'm missing some info.

FartyMcFarter 2y ago
People who have worked with him have publicly called him a manipulative liar: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1804u5y/former_openai_employee_describes_sam_altman_as/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1804u5y/former_open...
tim333 2y ago
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- jakupovic 2y ago
  I shared stage with Sam at one point for an hour and was not impressed. Obviously I was wrong as Sam has accomplished so much in the meantime, but my initial impression wasn't much. How he did it is for him to know and for others to ...
  - mewpmewp2 2y ago
    What do you mean by not impressed?
    - throwaway2037 2y ago
      Probably did not see him as a future billionaire.
- boppo1 2y ago
  Idk, everyone loves Carmack
  - w0m 2y ago
    Carmack did his thing 40 years ago; before social media was as prevalent. I'm sure if the community was as large and talkative then as they were today; you'd find many detractors.
    - colibri727 2y ago
      What about Palmer Luckey ? I don't think he received a lot of criticism before he founded Anduril Industries.
      - w0m 2y ago
        I don't have a strong opine on him; quick wikipedia skim tells me certain crowds probably hate him as a military contractor. Some people hate anyone/thing associated with that space.
  - throwaway2037 2y ago
    True. And does anyone talk bad about the two Google founders? They are pretty much invisible multi-billionaires now. That is a major accomplishment!

by comboy 2y ago

FartyMcFarter 2y ago

People who have worked with him have publicly called him a manipulative liar: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1804u5y/former_openai_employee_describes_sam_altman_as/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1804u5y/former_open...

tim333 2y ago

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jakupovic 2y ago
I shared stage with Sam at one point for an hour and was not impressed. Obviously I was wrong as Sam has accomplished so much in the meantime, but my initial impression wasn't much. How he did it is for him to know and for others to ...
- mewpmewp2 2y ago
  What do you mean by not impressed?
  - throwaway2037 2y ago
    Probably did not see him as a future billionaire.
boppo1 2y ago
Idk, everyone loves Carmack
- w0m 2y ago
  Carmack did his thing 40 years ago; before social media was as prevalent. I'm sure if the community was as large and talkative then as they were today; you'd find many detractors.
  - colibri727 2y ago
    What about Palmer Luckey ? I don't think he received a lot of criticism before he founded Anduril Industries.
    - w0m 2y ago
      I don't have a strong opine on him; quick wikipedia skim tells me certain crowds probably hate him as a military contractor. Some people hate anyone/thing associated with that space.
- throwaway2037 2y ago
  True. And does anyone talk bad about the two Google founders? They are pretty much invisible multi-billionaires now. That is a major accomplishment!