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asfgkadnhiok··on Sam Altman's knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends
>If he followed the norms, he'd be a mid-level manager at FAANG company.

If we followed the norms, he's be in prison. If you think fraud and self-dealing are justified if it moves a lot of value to shareholders, write to your senator. Until then the laws should be enforced against the rich as well as the poor.

Of course, I can't much bring myself to care in this case, because all that's at stake is a chatbot.

asfgkadnhiok··on Sam Altman's knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends
That's extremely easy. There are awards and magazines and Wikipedia. Smart architects are smart because they're able to come up with the "right vision" all on their own.

We know it's possible for someone with no technical ability to look like genius just by having lots of money. I knew people who believed Musk was going to bring about an AI revolution all on his own because of his very special brain, but his tenure at Twitter was laughable to anyone who has passed CS 101. What makes you convinced all the rich "geniuses" who haven't revealed themselves to be idiots are actually smart for real this time?