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by verteu 10 days ago
Yes, the quote was "Ads plus AI is sort of uniquely unsettling to me. I kind of think of ads as a last resort for us for a business model." (Sam Altman, Harvard 2024)
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Why on Earth would anyone take anything this man said to be informative about anything, other than what he thinks will currently sound best that minute to the current Zeitgeist that day?
Just because he's a professional bullshitter doesn't mean he shouldn't be called out every time he waffles.
Safely aligning a powerful CEO is difficult.
He's already proven repeatedly that he'll break out of containment