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Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over (futurism.com)
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Altman’s remarks in his tweet drew an overwhelmingly negative reaction.

“You’re welcome,” one user responded. “Nice to know that our reward is our jobs being taken away.”

Others called him a “f***ing psychopath” and “scum.”

“Nothing says ‘you’re being replaced’ quite like a heartfelt thank you from the guy doing the replacing,” one user wrote.

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[–] 52 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

This feels a lot like a ragebait article.

What did Altman actually tweet that caused the backlash? I can't seem to find it while skimming, only the responses to it.

-edit- Found it

It is a lot less rage inducing than the article makes it out to be.

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I mean I can see how that draws ire. His contribution doesn’t really line up with his benefits. This project started as an open source, with a non profit running it. Now it’s one of the biggest private companies in the world and threatening to replace a lot of jobs. So if you look at the context, he’s already forgetting how much hard work he stole to make himself obscenely rich and powerful!

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    I mean every obscenely rich and powerful person stole a lot of work from other people...otherwiese they wouldn't be obscenely rich. So, he's hasn't forgotten, he isn't and never was aware of how much he stole.

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