Ed Zitron

But as things get desperate, Samuel was going to use the only approach he really has, sheer force of will. He's going to push open AI to grow and sell into as many industries as possible. And he's a specious hype man. He's going to be selling to other specious hype men. The Jim Cramer's of the world are going to eat it up.

And they're all, all of them, the Mark Benioff's, the Satya Nadella's, the Sundar Pichai's, they're all desperate to to connect themselves with the future and with generative AI. And those that he's selling to, the companies brokering deals, yes, even Apple, they're desperate to connect their companies to another company, which is building a bubble, a bubble inflated by Sam Altman.

And they're all, all of them, the Mark Benioff's, the Satya Nadella's, the Sundar Pichai's, they're all desperate to to connect themselves with the future and with generative AI. And those that he's selling to, the companies brokering deals, yes, even Apple, they're desperate to connect their companies to another company, which is building a bubble, a bubble inflated by Sam Altman.

And they're all, all of them, the Mark Benioff's, the Satya Nadella's, the Sundar Pichai's, they're all desperate to to connect themselves with the future and with generative AI. And those that he's selling to, the companies brokering deals, yes, even Apple, they're desperate to connect their companies to another company, which is building a bubble, a bubble inflated by Sam Altman.

And I'd argue that this is exceedingly dangerous for Silicon Valley and for the tech industry writ large, as executives that have become disconnected from the process of creating software and hardware follow yet another non-technical founder hocking unprofitable, unsustainable, and hallucination-prone software. It's just very frustrating.

And I'd argue that this is exceedingly dangerous for Silicon Valley and for the tech industry writ large, as executives that have become disconnected from the process of creating software and hardware follow yet another non-technical founder hocking unprofitable, unsustainable, and hallucination-prone software. It's just very frustrating.

And I'd argue that this is exceedingly dangerous for Silicon Valley and for the tech industry writ large, as executives that have become disconnected from the process of creating software and hardware follow yet another non-technical founder hocking unprofitable, unsustainable, and hallucination-prone software. It's just very frustrating.

If there was a very technical mind at these companies, they might walk away. And I'm not going to give Tim Cook much credit. But looking into it, I can't find any evidence that Apple is buying a bunch of GPUs, the things that you use to power these generative AI models. I found some research, an analyst suggesting that they would buy a lot.

If there was a very technical mind at these companies, they might walk away. And I'm not going to give Tim Cook much credit. But looking into it, I can't find any evidence that Apple is buying a bunch of GPUs, the things that you use to power these generative AI models. I found some research, an analyst suggesting that they would buy a lot.

If there was a very technical mind at these companies, they might walk away. And I'm not going to give Tim Cook much credit. But looking into it, I can't find any evidence that Apple is buying a bunch of GPUs, the things that you use to power these generative AI models. I found some research, an analyst suggesting that they would buy a lot.

But now OpenAI is doing a deal with Apple to power the next generation. iOS. And it's interesting. It is interesting that Apple isn't doing this themselves. Apple, a company with hundreds of billions of dollars in the bank, I believe, that pretty much prints money. That alone makes me think it's a bubble.

But now OpenAI is doing a deal with Apple to power the next generation. iOS. And it's interesting. It is interesting that Apple isn't doing this themselves. Apple, a company with hundreds of billions of dollars in the bank, I believe, that pretty much prints money. That alone makes me think it's a bubble.

But now OpenAI is doing a deal with Apple to power the next generation. iOS. And it's interesting. It is interesting that Apple isn't doing this themselves. Apple, a company with hundreds of billions of dollars in the bank, I believe, that pretty much prints money. That alone makes me think it's a bubble.

Now, it might look like an asshole if it comes out they have, but also, why are they subcontracting this to OpenAI when they could build it themselves, as Apple has always done? Very strange. It's all so peculiar. But I wanted to get a little bit deeper into the Sam Altman story.

Now, it might look like an asshole if it comes out they have, but also, why are they subcontracting this to OpenAI when they could build it themselves, as Apple has always done? Very strange. It's all so peculiar. But I wanted to get a little bit deeper into the Sam Altman story.

Now, it might look like an asshole if it comes out they have, but also, why are they subcontracting this to OpenAI when they could build it themselves, as Apple has always done? Very strange. It's all so peculiar. But I wanted to get a little bit deeper into the Sam Altman story.

And as I discussed last episode, Ellen Hewitt of Bloomberg, she's been doing this excellent reporting on the man and joins me today to talk about the subject of a recent podcast, Sam Altman's rise to power. So tell me a little bit about the show you're working on.

And as I discussed last episode, Ellen Hewitt of Bloomberg, she's been doing this excellent reporting on the man and joins me today to talk about the subject of a recent podcast, Sam Altman's rise to power. So tell me a little bit about the show you're working on.

And as I discussed last episode, Ellen Hewitt of Bloomberg, she's been doing this excellent reporting on the man and joins me today to talk about the subject of a recent podcast, Sam Altman's rise to power. So tell me a little bit about the show you're working on.

So you've just started this series about Sam Altman and his upbringing and also the growth of OpenAI and Lubed and everything. Who are the people that have helped him get where he is today, though?