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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by koolba on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:55PM (#38310157)
I've had a positive opinion of sama as a human ever since this comment about him living with his two brothers well into their 30s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12592010

It's a corollary to my theory that anybody that maintains close ties with their family and lives with them is a wholesome person.

Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by kdmccormick on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:17PM (#38310482)
You've got to be kidding. Really, are you kidding? That's an extremely weak litmus test for goodness.

Plenty of people maintain extremely close connections with their families while engaging in activies that are terrible for the world around them. Organized criminals. Terrorists. Business magnates. Political families. Corrupt police officers. Plenty of these groups are made out of tight-knit families.

It's common, dare I say human nature, to prioritize the needs of your family. That is honorable and important, but being a Good person requires caring about strangers too.

Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by hyperdimension on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:37PM (#38310785)
SBF seems close to his family, too...
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by koolba on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:58PM (#38311063)
I think you completely missed the part about living with your siblings into your 30s.

With the exception of the brothers in the mafia or brother terrorists, none of your examples would meet that standard.

Being close with your family does not mean you’re not a good person elsewhere. It does not mean you don’t care about strangers. That you’d jump to that conclusion or bring up terrorists as a counter example makes me question your own personal experiences.

All else being equal, I’d expect someone with close family bonds to the point of living with them as an adult, when they clearly have the economic means to do otherwise, as a sign of a good human. That’s been my personal experience and that’s how I see the world.

Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by staticman2 on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:27PM (#38312161)
Do you know a lot of married people who live with their siblings? Because I would think it is mainly a sign of relationship status.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by jfk13 on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:10PM (#38310386)
> anybody that maintains close ties with their family and lives with them is a wholesome person

Alternative possibility: the family's a cult.

Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by whoknowsidont on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:24PM (#38310580)
Some might say a little too close.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by __jem on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:10PM (#38310381)
You know, minus sexually abusing his sister.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by polishdude20 on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:12PM (#38311980)
You should see what his sister writes about him...
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by OfficeChad on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:31AM (#38316187)
Folks, we have an idiot right here.