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OpenAI leaders horrified staffers after proposing an “insane” plan to enrich the company by pitting world governments against each other.

This anecdote of near comic-book-villainry comes from The New Yorker’s sweeping new investigation into CEO Sam Altman, which documents his alarming pattern of lying and manipulating to build his AI empire, a behavior that some insiders likened to that of an actual “sociopath.”

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[-] bunnossin@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

a behavior that some insiders likened to that of an actual “sociopath.”

I can think of like 20 better words to use here.

When officials pressed for a source, Altman replied ambiguously that “I’ve heard things.”

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[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Capitalists doing capitalist things in a capitalist society

Bourgeois stenographers: "is this essentialized mental illness entirely divorced from material conditions?"

Marxists: "this is the most average type of guy who wins at capitalism"

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