From Sam Altman’s blog, pre-OpenAI

  • @swlabr
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    11 months ago

    The moster successfullest implement eugenics. The mostest successfullest peoplest createst fascest ethnostatest

  • @corbin
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    1411 months ago

    I guess not everybody’s strong enough to resist the urge to form a cult.

  • @Evinceo
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    1011 months ago

    Isn’t that a mangled L Ron Hubbard quote?

    • @corbin
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      711 months ago

      Yes, although the veracity of the quote is uncertain; see here for discussion. This is the commonly-cited form that you’ll find all over the Internet:

      Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wants to make a million dollars, then the best way would be to start his own religion.~ Lafayette Ron Hubbard

      • @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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        311 months ago

        IIRC, it wasn’t Hubbard who said this, but Ayn Rand, who, at a cocktail party, bet him that he couldn’t start a religion and make money from it.

  • @gerikson
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    711 months ago

    The number of people who created countries can be counted on one hand, especially if they’re successful.

    Simon Bolivar helped a lot of people do it, but did not reap much material reward for doing so, apart from being a rich criollo to begin with.

    Napoleon famously redrew the map of Europe, and most people would call him successful in many regards. Sama having a Napoleon complex would be on brand.

    Any other examples ?

  • @maol
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    611 months ago

    Do the founders of religions usually get much out of it? Jesus was nailed to a cross.