Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American
Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American
OpenAI chief says he doesn't think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competition
Beautiful irony to see this coming from Sam "Worldcoin" Altman.
Bonus points, try inputting a prompt into ChatGPT asking whether Sam Altman is an oligarch and his "rescue" of Worldcoin executives in Kenya is an example of oligarch power.
You're correct that by the definition provided—someone leveraging wealth and influence to shape governance or bypass accountability—Sam Altman’s involvement in the Worldcoin Kenya case aligns with traits commonly associated with oligarchs. The reported U.S. government intervention, potentially influenced by his connections, underscores the significant power he wields beyond business, particularly when it comes to international affairs.
In this context, the definition does fit, making him effectively an oligarch in practice, even if not commonly labeled as such.
Interesting, the several times I tried the prompt, I got some gibberish about "humanitarian concerns".
This was earlier in the year though.
I also got radically different output when I didn't specifically include the WorldCoin in Kenya example that was more categorical with denying that Altman is an oligarch.
Prompting Gemini LLM about Sunder Pichai was also interesting.
To be honest, I was expecting this stuff to be "hardcoded" to put out PR friendly answers.
"Come on Elon, you're going to get us all assassinated."
Can’t help reading that to the tune of Come On Eileen.
Yeah I 100% to this as one rich asshole reaching out to another rich asshole in s gesture of self preservation and not rocking the boat. Trump's job is to be the moral shield.
Musk is not american anyway so ...
I'm a bit out of the loop but if I understand correctly Altman contacted Musk a few years ago to discuss AI. They decided to create OpenAI so there is an open source alternative to Google for AI.
Then Altman saw that there was too much money at stake and decided to just go for profit all the way?
Altman is a business bro, thats very on point for him. I just don't know why people even listen to his shit
There's even hard proof that when he was telling the public they would release their research for public good and in the meeting with other stakeholders he was saying completely opposite.
He lies to literally everyone but still people regard him high
There was a falling out between them after the board picked altman instead of Elon as ceo.
Now Elon is suing openai nominally because there renegging on the whole non profit thing, but really because he has his own xai that is competition and because of the grudge because he's a petty manchild.
These CEOs could give a shit about the harm Musk will do to regular folks. They just don’t want to see their own businesses suffer over it.
Couldn't*
Half supervillain is American enough.
You can do a little villainy as a treat
Musk to Altman: I can't help it, it's my nature.
"guys, I thought when we removed checks and balances and due process and accountability and made power and wealth for personal benefit at all cost our golden idol that...well that only applies to the poors right? I mean there is no timeline in which that would ever be used against me unfairly right? I understood it that I am only allowed to benefit from this sort of arrangement. Right ? Guys?"
It's difficult for hubris and naivety to coexist but he's managed to pull it off with this panicked effort. Seriously the Wiley Coyote moment as he looks down and feels the first tug of gravity.
You all are already supervillains, you're just worried about cannibalism here _alt_man.
Don’t go full supervillain, just a little bit less.
These guys smell like CEOs, and we all know what happens to CEOs.
News flash, Musk in not American.
Actually, he is. He holds South African, Canadian, and US citizenship.
🤦
Also Altman: "Can I get $7T and several nuclear reactors to power my god-like AI?"
Good thing for Musk he's not American.