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Re:Please Don't Say Mean Things about the AI I Just Invested... by wk_end on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @08:27PM (#46804480)
No one - neither the author of the article nor anyone reading - believes that Sam Altman sat down at his desk one fine day in 2015 and said to himself, “Boy, it sure would be nice if there were a better way to scam the elderly…”
Re:Please Don't Say Mean Things about the AI I Just Invested... by username223 on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @09:28PM (#46804965)
An no one believes that Sam Altman thinks of much more than adding to his own wealth and power. His first idea was a failing location data-harvesting app that got bought. Others have included biometric data-harvesting with a crypto spin, and this. If there's a throughline beyond manipulative scamming, I don't see it.