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by mikeryan 63 days ago
Well there's the whole issue that Open AI wasn't a "business" when it started, it was in fact a non-profit focused on safe AGI for humanity. That said the whole "He's a CEO thing" is a convenient escape hatch now that it's a for-profit business (just ignore the whole way it got there).

Just because you're a successful CEO doesn't mean you're not a shitty person or immune from so-called "hit pieces".

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Yeah sure no one high profile is immune from hit pieces, and I'm not pretending Sam Altman is flawless. But I would want the attacks to be fair. OpenAI pivoting from their original business model is fair criticism. "Sam Altman doesn't know how to code, therefore he's the next Bernie Madoff" is not. Intellectually dishonest stuff like this doesn't belong on HN front page.
I agree this article doesn’t add to the conversation except as additional color that belongs in a larger story.

I think it’s about as strong as trying to absolve Sam by saying “he’s a CEO so he does CEO things.”