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Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

Book by Karen Hao

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Empire of AI exposes how OpenAI transformed from a nonprofit promising to benefit humanity into a $157 billion empire that exploits global labor, extracts resources from vulnerable communities, and concentrates unprecedented power in the hands of Silicon Valley elites, all while claiming to build artificial general intelligence for the greater good.

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The False Prophet Of Progress

'I believe the future is going to be so bright that no one can do it justice by trying to write about it now. Although it will happen incrementally, astounding triumphs—fixing the climate, establishing a space colony, and the discovery of all of physics—will eventually become commonplace.'

  • Sam Altman, promising utopia while his company's infrastructure drains water from drought-stricken communities

Section: 1, Chapter: 1

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'Feel The AGI'

'Feel the AGI. Feel the AGI.'

  • Ilya Sutskever

Section: 3, Chapter: 10

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'We Have Never Clawed Back Anyone's Vested Equity'

'we have never clawed back anyone's vested equity, nor will we do that if people do not sign a separation agreement (or don't agree to a non-disparagement agreement). vested equity is vested equity, full stop.'

  • Sam Altman on Twitter, contradicted by leaked documents showing his signature on papers authorizing equity clawbacks

Section: 4, Chapter: 17

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