[Capricorn2481]

> The rest of what is written doesn't matter. This isn't the moment for that conversation

That's terrible that someone did that. I think that's wrong, and people that do that should be in prison.

But if the rest of what was written didn't matter, it wouldn't be written. He thought it was important enough to put it in. It's there to be read and discussed.

And I have to point out, we're not talking about a couple off the cuff remarks he may have rushed. About 95% of the post is about his ambitions for OpenAI. So pearl clutching that people are actually discussing the meat of the post in a tech forum reads performative.

[richardlblair]

Another comment lacking any compassion.

The man was reeling from what happened. He blames himself and his work. He sat and he wrote, naturally it came back to OpenAI. Should he of? Probably not. But it's understandable that he did.

We can meet the moment with some understanding and give the guy a little wiggle room.

[Capricorn2481]

Give him wiggle room? I didn't even say anything about him. I just said you were urging people to refrain from commenting on the post, which is true.

> The man was reeling from what happened. He blames himself and his work

Based on what? I don't particularly feel like he should blame himself, but I don't think he does. Can you point out where in this post he blames himself?

[bigyabai]

Their comment was perfectly compassionate. Why are you so eager to discount the rest of what Altman wrote?

This is a serious issue, and it's very possible that "wiggle room" is what got us into this situation. Altman would have been removed as CEO if the OpenAI board of directors got their way, the pushback is not limited to public extremism. His belief that AGI is a world-scale threat is entirely unqualified, and a fatalistic framework for marketing his product.

Both OpenAI and Sam Altman would probably be safer abandoning the apocalyptic tone towards their product line. They have no proof for their claims and only escalate the anti-tech sentiment that even Altman empathizes with in the concluding paragraph. It's a transgressive viral marketing tactic that does not elevate or improve humanity's understanding of AI.

[FuckButtons]

No, when you’re the richest most powerful men in the world you don’t get compassion.

[MiguelX413]

He's a sociopath, that was just acting.