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Nobody is taking Sam Altman at his word lol, these ideas about intelligence have been believed for a long time in the tech world and the guy is just the best at
by KaoruAoiShiho 2y ago
Nobody is taking Sam Altman at his word lol, these ideas about intelligence have been believed for a long time in the tech world and the guy is just the best at monetizing them. People are pursuing this path because of a general conviction in these ideas of themselves, I guess to people like Atlantic writers Sam Altman is the first time they've encountered them but it really has nothing to do with Sam Altman.
- Capricorn2481 2y ago> Nobody is taking Sam Altman at his word lol ITT: People taking Sam at his word.
- danielmarkbruce 2y ago100% this. He isn't even saying anything novel (I mean that in a good way). On top of that, the advance in models for language and physical simulation based models (for protein prediction and weather forecasting as examples) has been so rapid and unexpected that even folks who were previously very skeptical of "AI" are believers - it ain't because Sam Altman is up there talking a lot. I went from AI skeptic to zealot in about 18 months, and I'm in good company.
- KaiserPro 2y agoSomeone is buying enough of his bullshit to invest a few billion into openAI. The problem is, when it pops, which it will, it'll fuck the economy.
- lesuorac 2y agoPeople are taking Altman at his word. He was literally invited to congress to speak about AI safety. Sure, perhaps people that have a longer memory of the tech world don't trust him. That's actually not a lot of people. A lot of people just aren't following tech (like my in-laws).