Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug

Re:Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @06:01PM (#38156624)

SBF cannot even manage "ineffective" altruism. He puts other people through hell without a hint of empathy. How would anyone expect he could do "effective" altruism. In his own words, he "fucked up". But he is not sorry, he offers no apology, he's "not guilty". He is a compulsive liar.

It will be interesting how he fares in prison. Martin Shkrelli wants to be his friend. Perhaps they can be pen pals. Maybe he'll get special treatment or early release.

Even if SBF was following the EA playbook to the letter, it did not work. The attempt was ineffective. He failed.

Michael Lewis shared some SBF story where the scenario (the bet) presented to SBF was a chance to make the world better or, if it failed, the entire world would be destroyed. SBF allegedly would take that bet. All or nothing. Where have we seen this type of thinking before.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug by omnimus on Sunday November 05, 2023 @07:11PM (#38157196)

Somehow our society puts the non-alturistic people into positions which have most impact. I guess the ineffective alturist knows its almost impossible to get to such position without wronging others. And its the ruthless fool with savior complex that puts himself above others “to save them”.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @01:48AM (#38228117)

Ellison also shared the coin flip story on the stand, something like "heads the world is twice as good, tails the world is destroyed."

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