[DanielBMarkham]

Long time HN-er

I'm flagging this. It's not because I give a hoot about sama but because this kind of crap is posted only to lead to endless discussion.

Get to work. Focus. Whatever the hell Sam is can wait for another day.

[__loam]

Yes never discuss technology critically, only grow and make more more more. Never consider the actual impact of your work, simply produce and consume.

[DanielBMarkham]

I find that hilarious because I actually feel the opposite way.

We have ignored the impact of what we do far, far too long. Forums like this facilitate this false dichotomy. Society IS tech. To believe otherwise is stupid.

But I have found a mantra: if our conversation is in any way getting into whether somebody is good or bad? I am no longer a positive influence on society.

This failed my test. It has nothing to do with Sam Altman. If you want to talk about X person good or bad, go the hell else. I have actual work to do.

[__loam]

If society is tech, then people are society. Leadership should be scrutinized more than anyone else in the industry, they are ultimately responsible for setting the direction of the industry in our unfortunately corporate dominated tech sector. Flagging discussion about them because you think it's simply gossip is not helpful. If you don't like a conversation then don't participate in it.

[jay_kyburz]

I'll also flag, and I've never flagged anything before.

Sam A's job is to sell Open AI. It's not not interesting that he talks about why is so great!

[a_wild_dandan]

3rded.

There's nothing substantive in this article. The author expresses a seething hatred for OpenAI's CEO by repeatedly lampooning ("where's the evidence!?") brief quotes, without context, of Altman's opinions/predictions. I hope that the author escapes whatever rut made him so overwhelmingly bitter and resentful. I've been there, and it truly stinks. :/

[DanielBMarkham]

In my opinion, might be worthy of a meta rule: If the only result of a post is to discuss the value or general opinion of a particular public person, it is, by definition, not a post we would like in our conversation.

[wg0]

Selling snake oil? Of generative AI? Where most companies have failed to turn profitable just because these models are not as useful and reliable especially in "high value use cases" such as "read this 100 page insurance policy and tell me if my situation X is covered or not and in both cases under what clauses" kind of cases?