Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of OpenAI's reinstated CEO

Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by skygazer on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:43PM (#38386869)

ironically, that’s too simplistic. Simplicity is only virtuous in an explanation if the explanation itself is not contradicted by reality. Unbound from reality, simplicity is dangerously seductive because it’s easy and wrong.

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Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by bch on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:28PM (#38388478)

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

- H.L. Mencken

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Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by ghufran_syed on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:59AM (#38390845)

very glib (though true) - but do you have any evidence in this case as to what reality is? If so, could you please explain how the given statement is "contradicted by reality"?

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Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by skygazer on Thursday November 23, 2023 @06:27PM (#38398936)

I was just addressing the notion that the simplicity of the conspiracy theory was evidence of its veracity - it is not. If you're asking if I have evidence against the nonsensical conspiracy theory that third party praise given about a recently fired CEO can be construed as evidence of a secret ownership stake in the charity that fired him, I'm going to leave that to the judgement of the reader.

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