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Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Alphane_Moon to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're correct that by the definition provided—someone leveraging wealth and influence to shape governance or bypass accountability—Sam Altman’s involvement in the Worldcoin Kenya case aligns with traits commonly associated with oligarchs. The reported U.S. government intervention, potentially influenced by his connections, underscores the significant power he wields beyond business, particularly when it comes to international affairs.

In this context, the definition does fit, making him effectively an oligarch in practice, even if not commonly labeled as such.

[–] Alphane_Moon 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Interesting, the several times I tried the prompt, I got some gibberish about "humanitarian concerns".

This was earlier in the year though.

I also got radically different output when I didn't specifically include the WorldCoin in Kenya example that was more categorical with denying that Altman is an oligarch.

Prompting Gemini LLM about Sunder Pichai was also interesting.

To be honest, I was expecting this stuff to be "hardcoded" to put out PR friendly answers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Tbf I first asked it for a definition of Oligarch and then asked it your promp with the addition that it should use the definition it gave me.