Ed Zitron

So, in your experience talking to people about Sam Altman, how technical is he, do you think? What have you heard? Because you say there he wasn't lucky, but he also does not appear to have successfully run a business.

So, in your experience talking to people about Sam Altman, how technical is he, do you think? What have you heard? Because you say there he wasn't lucky, but he also does not appear to have successfully run a business.

So, in your experience talking to people about Sam Altman, how technical is he, do you think? What have you heard? Because you say there he wasn't lucky, but he also does not appear to have successfully run a business.

Because Looped shut down two people, well, two executives tried to get him fired from there, he got fired from Y Combinator, which did very well, but at the same time, YC was basically a conveyor belt for money at one point. Not so much recently.

Because Looped shut down two people, well, two executives tried to get him fired from there, he got fired from Y Combinator, which did very well, but at the same time, YC was basically a conveyor belt for money at one point. Not so much recently.

Because Looped shut down two people, well, two executives tried to get him fired from there, he got fired from Y Combinator, which did very well, but at the same time, YC was basically a conveyor belt for money at one point. Not so much recently.

It just, it feels weird that this completely non-technical, semi-non-technical guy has ascended so far.

It just, it feels weird that this completely non-technical, semi-non-technical guy has ascended so far.

It just, it feels weird that this completely non-technical, semi-non-technical guy has ascended so far.

So it feels like Silicon Valley on some level. Just to give some thoughts here, within the two episodes I'm doing here, the pattern I've seen with Sam Altman is that everyone seems to want him to win. And there's almost a degree of they will make it so. Have you seen anyone who's really a detractor or anyone who's... Not pro-Sam Altman because it's interesting how few people are in tech.

So it feels like Silicon Valley on some level. Just to give some thoughts here, within the two episodes I'm doing here, the pattern I've seen with Sam Altman is that everyone seems to want him to win. And there's almost a degree of they will make it so. Have you seen anyone who's really a detractor or anyone who's... Not pro-Sam Altman because it's interesting how few people are in tech.

So it feels like Silicon Valley on some level. Just to give some thoughts here, within the two episodes I'm doing here, the pattern I've seen with Sam Altman is that everyone seems to want him to win. And there's almost a degree of they will make it so. Have you seen anyone who's really a detractor or anyone who's... Not pro-Sam Altman because it's interesting how few people are in tech.

Isn't that Silicon Valley, though? I'm afraid of dealing with them, but they were so nice to me.

Isn't that Silicon Valley, though? I'm afraid of dealing with them, but they were so nice to me.

Isn't that Silicon Valley, though? I'm afraid of dealing with them, but they were so nice to me.

Yeah, that's actually an interesting point. So when Sam Alton was fired from OpenAI, there was this very strange reaction from Silicon Valley, including some in the media, where it was almost like Hunger Games, everyone doing the symbol thing where everyone was like, oh, we got to put Sam Alton back in. Isn't it kind of strange we still don't know why he was actually fired, though?

Yeah, that's actually an interesting point. So when Sam Alton was fired from OpenAI, there was this very strange reaction from Silicon Valley, including some in the media, where it was almost like Hunger Games, everyone doing the symbol thing where everyone was like, oh, we got to put Sam Alton back in. Isn't it kind of strange we still don't know why he was actually fired, though?

Yeah, that's actually an interesting point. So when Sam Alton was fired from OpenAI, there was this very strange reaction from Silicon Valley, including some in the media, where it was almost like Hunger Games, everyone doing the symbol thing where everyone was like, oh, we got to put Sam Alton back in. Isn't it kind of strange we still don't know why he was actually fired, though?

I mean, Helen Toner has elaborated. Have you seen anything like this in your career?

I mean, Helen Toner has elaborated. Have you seen anything like this in your career?