abadidea14h ago

I do not have a sub or a free access link with which to read the New Yorker article on whether Sam Altman is a habitual liar. But I can say this.

I was raised by a man who’d lie constantly. He’d promise me anything and everything, and there was always some last-second off-screen emergency that prevented it from being fulfilled. When I questioned why we were always broke if he made so much money, he assured me I just didn’t understand yet how expensive life really is; as an adult with less income and more mortgage who’s nonetheless in the black, I know it literally doesn’t add up.

Sam Altman triggers my instinctive disgust reflex. Every photo, every video, every voice clip fills me with an urge to either scream at him or get the fuck away. I don’t know this man. But I know his damage.

Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️12h ago
@0xabad1dea Though I left in 2019 before it became a household name, I used to work for OpenAI for a time. I still remember the chill I felt when I walked into the kitchen one time and he, sitting in a chair next to the door, said hi and addressed me by name. That may not sound like much, but when the ultra-rich CEO of a company you're a low level grunt at knows your name, it still imparts quite a sense of dread.
Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️12h ago
@0xabad1dea I interacted with Greg Brockman a lot more, and I realized at some point the allegations that came out at some point about him being transphobic behind an unnamed transitioning employee's back might have been about me...the timeline mentioned in the document lines up. I don't actually know if that's true or not, since I never directly saw it happening, and no one ever reached out to me about it. But I don't know who else it might have been about either.
Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️12h ago
@0xabad1dea I guess this doesn't have anything to do with your thoughts on Sam Altman but I certainly had some Experiences while I was there (mid-2017 through early 2019)
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