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Altman is the biggest con artist in tech.


Con artist is a bad description. The guy is legit dangerous. He's not after swindling you out of your money, that wouldn't be worth it.


What’s the con? Aren’t they constantly delivering frontier models?


I would say specifically the sort of chuunibyou cringe endemic to"AI safety" of claiming that their models are an existential threat.


Agree with the sentiment.

But Sam as 'conman' might just be the impression because he is more on the promotion/marketing side.

I've been under the impression that Ilya is the brains. So this seems bad for long term growth.


Surely he would have never gotten his current role if that is the case. There's way too much money and visibility involved.


Exactly. He’s only founded and led a company that’s built some of the most easily adoptable and exciting innovations in human-computer interactions in the last decade. Total fraud!


and which company would that be?


Loopt


And WorldCoin.




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