I know it doesn't seem related on the surface, but I've found all startup CEOs who ban remote work to be snake-like and dishonest. Interesting coincidence at least.
Might it be that because they know that their own morals and ethics are so fluid that they therefore think than everyone else is the same and thus has to be surveilled to be sure to have "performance...? Just a thought....
Or maybe he just doesn't need more money and wants to do something cool? If my basic needs were met, I'd go volunteer at any number of non-profits full time.
I mean, Occam's Razor says if he wanted a way to get paid, he would just have equity or a very large salary, the normal things CEOs do when they want to make lots of money from their very profitable company.
He gained a huge amount of reputation by saying "I don't have equity in the company. I'm doing it because I love it" in front of the Congress. While he was demanding licensing for AI because it's too dangerous.
I love it. It's dangerous. Hypocrisy? No. It's the tendency of man to pursue what is harmful to himself. Even though optimistic technologists of HN won't agree, much of technology has not benefitted humanity.
Dude, he absolutely loves to talk about incentives.
Now that’s neither here nor there response to yours… but since he is so in tune with the concept of incentives, and likes to discuss them, it does make me curious what his incentives are that he is acting on.
Sam Altman is responsible for leading the team that have revolutionised AI in its position within society.
There is plenty to criticise OpenAI for but what he and they have achieved is extraordinary, and there is no need for that sort of toxic personal attack.
I can’t comment on his personality because I don’t know him. But it’s delusional to think the leadership’s personal qualities are irrelevant to developing AI. There’s going to be a lot of subjectivity in fine-tuning the answers.
