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xocetaceans

(4,400 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:19 AM 20 hrs ago

Sam Altman: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past

This discusses Sam Altman's history, businesses, and connection to OpenAI.

It is not a pretty picture.

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Sam Altman: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past (Original Post) xocetaceans 20 hrs ago OP

Kick dalton99a 20 hrs ago #1

Total idiot and sleazebag jfz9580m 14 hrs ago #2

Thanks! This video will be invaluable for people who haven't been following AI closely and are still highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #3

dalton99a

(93,683 posts)

1. Kick

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Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:25 AM

20 hrs ago

jfz9580m

(16,876 posts)

2. Total idiot and sleazebag

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Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:17 AM

14 hrs ago

This society’s actual elite like poor Dr.Fauci get demonized and are going extinct and parasites like this brainless piece of shit are thriving..

highplainsdem

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3. Thanks! This video will be invaluable for people who haven't been following AI closely and are still

Reply to xocetaceans (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:42 AM

14 hrs ago

conned by Sam.

He's pretty much lost credibility as a trustworthy good guy with anyone who knows much about him. Unfortunately he still has a lot of power and influence, and some people who'd never use Grok because Elon Musk isn't a good guy want to believe Sam would never use OpenAI for harmful purposes, so ChatGPT is just fine.

There really aren't any heroes among the AI bros. Including Dario Amodei of Anthropic, as Gary Marcus pointed out yesterday:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221082509

I started following news about generative AI soon after ChatGPT was released at the end of November 2022.

In late February of 2023, thanks to a Futurism article, I read a 2016 New Yorker profile of Sam Altman which really set off alarm bells. See this OP and the replies:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217685127

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