This would be a fabulously dramatic plot twist. I’ve never considered this as a possibility before, but between Altman orchestrating some masterful play to bring the next transformative technology to market first for massive profit, and Altman orchestrating some masterful manipulation to scam everyone, the latter feels massively more plausible.

Are all the people who are super duper worried about GenAI and safety in reality a planted foil? Men cowering in front of the fake paper tiger, so men further away say “this tiger is powerful, just look at how those men are cowering before it”.