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With all the negative press Altman is getting, I wonder if he’ll step down at some point to appease public opinion and run things from the background instead. S
by _lvbh 2y ago
With all the negative press Altman is getting, I wonder if he’ll step down at some point to appease public opinion and run things from the background instead. Seems somewhat reasonable but unlikely with his ego.
- blue_light_man 2y ago1. You assume that what press reports and public opinion is the same thing. It's not. 2. You assume majority of the public actually has an opinion or time to think about whether Sam should run OpenAI. They don't. 3. You assume public opinion is an accurate metric of justice. It's not. We have judicial system for that. 4. You assume Sam makes decisions through his ego and not any other system. You don't know that. Your ego thinks it's true. But honestly you have zero information unless you are really close to Sam in that case you have no reason to make this comment.
- lwhi 2y agoI think you've actually made four assumptions there. I am a member of the public, and I consider Sam Altman power hungry, egoistical and narcissistic. My opinion has been formed through accounts in the press.
- blue_light_man 2y agoI think you missed the majory of public part. Interesting. So you make decisions based on what the press tells you? Do you believe the news the press choose to report and not to is based on what they think is good for you? Do you believe the press actually can know what is good for you?
- lwhi 2y agoI think you misspelt majority.
- blue_light_man 2y agoHow is that relevant? You understood the context and instead choose to focus on the misspell.
- lwhi 2y agoBecause if you're trying to educate people, it's worth trying to get the basics correct first.
- blue_light_man 2y agoI am not trying to educate anyone. I am just asking questions. If you think I am trying to educate you that's your ego again trying to make you miss the point being conveyed here.
- lwhi 2y agoYou initially made four assertions. They were most certainly not questions. Be on your way, and have a good day.
- blue_light_man 2y agoThat is true. I guess my ego fooled me as well.
- _lvbh 2y agoThe press is the press and my opinions are my own. The press can be right or wrong about Altman and that doesn’t affect my opinions. I believe, regardless of the press, that Altman is operating for profit (as self interest dictates he should) and I politely disagree on his stance for OpenAI. Just because some of the press agrees with me doesn’t necessarily mean I’m wrong.
- lawn 2y agoWhat makes you think Altman cares what anyone thinks? It seems pretty obvious that he's a dark triad type personality and will keep going as long as possible.
- ben_w 2y ago> It seems pretty obvious that he's a dark triad type personality The obvious moustache twirling villains mostly end up in prison almost immediately, precisely because they're so obviously bad. Subtle and careful ones, that normal people don't notice are being manipulative, are generally the ones who get furthest — the darkness isn't shown to those who must not see it. This is why so many in the US blame all of Congress except their own representative.