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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by drcode on Monday June 17, 2024 @10:11PM (#40713433)
There is no "plot armor" in the real world, protecting humans from having bad things happening

Things do not, in fact, have a way of "working out"

If we don't want bad things to happen, we have to actively stop bad things from happening

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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by fragmede on Monday June 17, 2024 @10:27PM (#40713505)
Depends on how rich you are.
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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by CRConrad on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @09:24AM (#40717575)
Problem is, the "bad things" the rich want to stop from happening are usually what the rest of us are doing to stop bad things from happening...
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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by bamboozled on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @07:24AM (#40716450)
Who do you think should run OpenAI then?
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