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> Strong principled stance There had never been one. Not with Sam Altman. It was a play put on to get $100+ million in donations. This was always the goal, fro
by maeil 2y ago
> Strong principled stance
There had never been one. Not with Sam Altman. It was a play put on to get $100+ million in donations. This was always the goal, from day 0. This is trivially obvious considering the person Sam Altman.
- bilbo0s 2y agoThis. Anyone who thought Sam Altman wasn’t in it for the money from the start, was being naive. In the extreme. Not only Mr Altman, but most of the people giving the larger donations were hoping for a hit as well. Why is that so incredible to people? How else would you get that kind of money to fund a ludicrously speculative research based endeavor? You don’t even know if it’s possible before the research. What else could they have done?
- justinbaker84 2y agoI think that is the case with Sam, but not Ilya and probably not with some of the other founders.
- fnqi8ckfek 2y ago[dead]
- maeil 2y agoAgreed, hence why he scammed people into believing he was in it for the "good of humanity" - 1. Get donors 2. Get bright minds in the space (e.g. Ilya) with such ideals to work for him.