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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by throw555chip on Friday November 17, 2023 @05:10PM (#38311176)
Your use of the word "our" is too liberally applied, he was no hero of mine. I believe history will have a very different view of Altman, "Open"AI, and AI in general.
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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by c0pium on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:03PM (#38312609)
That’s the rhetorical “our”.
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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by Intralexical on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:01AM (#38315986)
> rhetorical

Plural generic first-person possessive pronoun.

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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by c0pium on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:24PM (#38322693)
Is English not your first language? They were making a rhetorical argument about our heroes, whoever they may be.

It’s clear from context that they’re talking about how Sam is a hero of Eric’s and Sam has fallen which is a thing that can happen.

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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by Intralexical on Saturday November 18, 2023 @06:05PM (#38325726)
> They were making a rhetorical argument about our heroes, whoever they may be.

Yes? That's what "plural generic first-person possessive pronoun" means. I was agreeing with you, mate.

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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by spuz on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:05PM (#38312634)
Note I said "heroes", not "hero". I'm making a general statement about how the views people can have about others can evolve over time.
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