People who have worked with OpenAI head Sam Altman claim that despite his image as an artificial intelligence guru, he is actually poorly versed in technology but is a skilled manipulator with «Jedi tricks».
People who have worked with OpenAI head Sam Altman claim that despite his image as an artificial intelligence guru, he is actually poorly versed in technology but is a skilled manipulator with «Jedi tricks».
This is reported by Futurism, citing The New Yorker, which spoke with numerous OpenAI insiders who worked with Altman.
According to numerous engineers, Sam Altman lacks experience in programming and machine learning, they say, he lacks professional knowledge, and he confuses basic artificial intelligence terms.
«It creates structures that, on paper, constrain it in the future. But then, when the future comes and the time for constraints comes, it gets rid of any structure,» said former OpenAI researcher Carroll Wainwright.
The ability to disguise technical ignorance with boardroom manipulation has earned Sam Altman a reputation as a master of «Jedi mind tricks,» according to one insider who worked with the OpenAI CEO.
«I think there’s a small but real chance that he will ultimately be remembered as a fraudster on the level of Bernie Madoff or Sam Bankman-Fried,» says one top Microsoft executive.
Sam Altman previously expressed the view that AI in the future could operate on a utility model — like electricity or water.
