I’ve spent enough time around the FBC to know an Altered Item when I see one
That’s a quote from a Stephen King short story, not something you want to use to market your product.
A guy who owns an AI company that relies on collecting data about everything wants to pay me in company scrip is harvesting bio-metrics from the global south?
Sounds on the up-and-up. I don’t know why more people aren’t doing it. It doesn’t sound like a plot from Brosnan Bond movie.
At first I didn’t really know what to think of Altman besides him being a run of the mill tech porky, but once I realized he was ALSO the worldcoin guy, well fuck him extra.
I have seen him around for years on hacker news. I always thought of him as Samalt Man. I thought it was odd when he was made CEO of Ycombinator (didn’t seem like he was experienced enough so it seemed like a weird choice, but Paul Graham was enthusiastic). I always had this odd feeling that he was not to be trusted.
