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Re:It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word by surgical_fire on Saturday October 05, 2024 @09:45AM (#41749792)
They were never geniuses. They were just rich assholes propped up by other rich assholes.

"It's too late to stop conflating wealth with intelligence"

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Re:It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word by golergka on Saturday October 05, 2024 @09:55AM (#41749865)
Regardless of personal qualities, for some reason these people have achieved great things for themselves and humanity, whereas countless competitors, including many other rich assholes, have not.
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Re:It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word by surgical_fire on Saturday October 05, 2024 @10:47AM (#41750261)
> achieved great things for themselves and humanity

For themselves? Absolutely.

For humanity? Perhaps we have wildly different ideas of what is good for humanity.

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Re:It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word by lor_louis on Saturday October 05, 2024 @09:59AM (#41749904)
Luck and money.
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Re:It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word by golergka on Saturday October 05, 2024 @12:40PM (#41751087)
A lot of people have money, and luck can only explain a single case.
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Re:It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word by neuroelectron on Sunday October 06, 2024 @07:53AM (#41756472)
What case? I don't pay for anything YC has ever created.
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