Post AbzarWgjf3ldDWdkvI by davetroy@toad.social
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 (DIR) Post #AbzarTqCFQYKO02lkm by davetroy@toad.social
       2023-11-20T08:05:13Z
       
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       Having followed him since first encountering him around 2007, I have long felt Sam Altman is something of a con man. And evidently that’s the ultimate consensus of the OpenAI board. He is a parlay-preneur: a fast-talker who takes the work of others and whips it to stiff peaks to make exquisite meringues and confections, which hold great appeal and earn him praise until they ultimately crumble.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbzarVJImhQcwYfWl6 by davetroy@toad.social
       2023-11-20T08:05:49Z
       
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       It’s a pattern, one I’m sure he will repeat. All comparisons to Jobs, or to anybody else who actually made anything, are stillborn and miscast, in my estimation. The dude is a fake.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbzarWgjf3ldDWdkvI by davetroy@toad.social
       2023-11-20T08:10:10Z
       
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       The Information has the scoop. For now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbzarY5wQpWXZzROqm by davetroy@toad.social
       2023-11-20T08:37:34Z
       
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       And Altman and Brockman will join Microsoft, leading an advanced AI research division. I expect that arrangement will last a few months, or less, until Altman leaves to leverage his social capital to exploit the work of others again.