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0 pointsAlexandrB7mo ago0 comments

Only if you consider Sam Altman not serious: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/sam-altman-claims-agi-i...

I find this pattern in tech hype really frustrating. Someone in a leadership role in a major tech company/VC promises something outrageous. Time passes and the promise never materializes. People then retcon the idea that "everybody knew that wasn't going to happen". Well either "everybody" doesn't include Elon Musk[1], Sam Altman, or Marc Andreessen[2] or these people are liars. No one seems to be held to their track record of being right or wrong, instead people just latch on to the next outrageous promise as if the previous one was fulfilled.

[1] https://electrek.co/2025/03/18/elon-musk-biggest-lie-tesla-v...

[2] https://dailyhodl.com/2022/06/01/billionaire-and-tech-pionee...

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baobun7mo ago

There's also this deluded-CEO/grounded-CEO routine between Altman and Nadela. Altman will be quoted saying something outrageous in social/mainstream-media which Nadela can then later tone down, add nuance and be realistic about in some firechat or podcast to address the minority who understands, will listen, and would criticize.

It does look like "A lie will make it halfway around the world while the truth is busy lacing its boots" is a major part of a communication strategy.

coldpie7mo ago

> Only if you consider Sam Altman not serious

> Elon Musk[1], Sam Altman, or Marc Andreessen[2] ... these people are liars.

Bingo. These people are salesmen & marketers. Lying to sell a product (including gathering funding & pumping company stock) is literally the job description. If they weren't good at it, they wouldn't hold the positions they do.

beart7mo ago

Being a good salesperson does not require lying. It's not the job that's doing the lying, but the person lying to you.

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