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Basically none. He isn’t known as Scam Altman in the valley for nothing.

I was a bit distracted and read this as Sam Bankman-Fried, the realized it was Sam Altman, then realised there wasn't much light between the two names imho.

> then realised there wasn't much light between the two names imho.

There is after you burn this image into your brain: https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1av88z5/fir...

:-)

hahaha.

ok I'll pay that.

Who even wants to work with a person nicknamed Scam? Goes to show you the brain consciousness the rest of the employees at OpenAI have.

Well that's why anyone who is anyone at OpenAI has left already

Plenty of non-public workers are still at the company. They're holding out for a big payout.

Yeah, but he’s good at it, though. That’s the amazing thing. It’s really obvious to everyone what he’s doing, and yet he still manages to pull it off, repeatedly.

Paul Graham said: “Sam is extremely good at becoming powerful.”

Altman is a predator; people respect their power even if they fear their motives. The investor class love guys like him, because he doesn’t let ethics get in the way of seeking power. Same reason they loved Zuckerberg.

>Yeah, but he’s good at it, though. That’s the amazing thing. It’s really obvious to everyone what he’s doing, and yet he still manages to pull it off, repeatedly.

Is it "amazing"? Or is it just that everything he does is technically legal, and he has enough wealth behind him that is hoping for even more wealth that nobody really gives a shit about ethics?

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