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Re:Ask HN: Is OpenAI going to be the biggest company of all ... by breck on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @05:00PM (#35174644)
> Why do we feel the need to put financiers on a pedestal?

I don't put him on a moral pedestal. Just at the game of startups, he's one of the best. I don't take my moral advice from Lebron but I respect the heck out of him.

> interests that are largely unaligned with society

I think the jury is still out on SamA.

> With Musk going full villain

I can't disagree strongly enough with this. Musk is a hero. I'm not sure people realize how much censorship was winning in the USA prior to Musk buying Twitter. Scary days.

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Re:Ask HN: Is OpenAI going to be the biggest company of all ... by latexr on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @08:59PM (#35176832)
> I think the jury is still out on SamA.

He’s the originator of the Worldcoin scam: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-...

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Re:Ask HN: Is OpenAI going to be the biggest company of all ... by kingkongjaffa on Thursday March 16, 2023 @04:30PM (#35188046)
>Musk is a hero.

Insane.

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