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OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2024
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I'm afraid about every person who has power, not only the dumb ones. Either smart people with bad intentions or dumb people with power. The chance that a powerful person is smart and has good intentions is rare.
I'm afraid of both, too, but if I had to choose:
As such I see the later as far more dangerous. Although there's an even worse group, that Altman likely belongs to - the dumb but evil ones.
Good intentions alone don't guarantee good outcomes. I suggest not giving any single person or entity too much power, no matter who they are.
How about having seven fossils in robes judging a nation of millions?
You see real democracy is when you subvert the will of the people and call it "checks and balances".
The only way to get this rich is by exploiting others and almost definitely breaking laws. These people all have a screw loose somewhere.