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by sigilis 402 days ago
Why would we need to be more creative? The explanation of him wanting more money is perfectly adequate.

Being rich results in a kind of limitation of scope for ambition. To the sufferer, a person who has everything they could want, there is no other objective worth having. They become eccentric and they pursue more money.

We should have enrichment facilities for these people where they play incremental games and don’t ruin the world like the paperclip maximizers they are.
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whynotminot 402 days ago
> Why would we need to be more creative? The explanation of him wanting more money is perfectly adequate. Being rich results in a kind of limitation of scope for ambition.

The dude announces new initiatives from the White House, regularly briefs Senators and senior DoD leaders, and is the top get for interviews around the world for AI topics.

There’s a lot more to be ambitious about than just money.

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sigilis 402 days ago
These are all activities he is engaging in to generate money through the company he has a stake in. None of those activities have a purpose other than selling the work of his company and presenting it as a good investment which is how he gets money.

Maybe he wants to use the money in some nebulous future way, subjugating all people in a way that deals with his childhood trauma or whatever. That’s also something rich people do when they need a hobby aside from gathering more money. It’s not their main goal, except when they run into setbacks.

People are not complicated when they are money hoarders. They might have had hidden depths once, but they are thin furrows in the ground next to the giant piles of money that define them now.

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whynotminot 402 days ago
> These are all activities he is engaging in to generate money through the company he has a stake in. None of those activities have a purpose other than selling the work of his company and presenting it as a good investment which is how he gets money.

So he doesn't enjoy the attention? Prestige or power? Respect?

Are you Sam Altman? Because you're making a lot of assumptions on his psyche right now.

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