So I never hear anyone talk about this, but we know how screwed Sam Altman’s gonna be when the AI bubble pops right?
He has been the very public face of this AI rush. Even laymen know about ChatGPT. I still hear a gas station pump ad for a travel app advertising that they use ChatGPT, so the most tech illiterate will at least hear it’s name.
OpenAI has nothing to fall back to. The other software companies have an empire to pivot back to; Nvidia’s been selling the shovels of this gold rush; Elon is a cockroach so he’ll manage somehow.
And most damningly, I think he believes his own hype. I think he’s honestly a schmuck who thinks if he doubles down to create God In A Box™ that all the worlds problems, especially his, will be solved. He’s Sam Bankman-fried 2.0.
When this bubble collapses 401k’s will crash and we’ll have a recession at best. The other companies will need a fall guy for why they took part in this ponzi scheme. And it will get political, so Trump will need a fall guy to explain why everyone’s retirement vanishing isn’t his fault.
It just seems so glaringly obvious that Sam Altman is going to be the biggest scapegoat of the 21st century. He will be targeted worse than Sam Bankman-fried and Mike Pence combined.
Does anyone else see this or am I acting crazy?
Edit: Just to be explicit I’m not trying to drum up sympathy for him, he deserves none. It’s more like this is my prediction for an upcoming trainwreck.
According to some internet articles, Altman doesn’t even hold equity in the company. He just gets a regular salary. And dude has $2bn in his bank account from previous investments… So OpenAI “popping” shouldn’t directly affect his wealth. Just the reputation. And he’s gonna need a new hobby.