Post #4243685
2026-07-30 14:44 UTC
CNN: AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner forced to unwind all public stock positions after steep losses, sources say
I vaguely recognize the name, apparently he’s a snot-nosed 25-yr old who got fired from OpenAI
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@lagrangeinterpolator@awful.systems 2026-07-30 15:33
Before the days of AI 2027, he became famous in 2024 for posting one of the original pieces of writing in the line-go-up genre: Situational Awareness. It seems that like any good grifter, he used this opportunity to make money (in this case by starting a hedge fund).
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@scruiser@awful.systems 2026-07-31 00:11
The cope on lesswrong is funny. They are in denial that this is a sign of a wider bubble pop and are insisting it is just because he didn’t hedge on long enough timelines.
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@BigMuffN69@awful.systems 2026-07-31 03:28
Sir, a 2nd EA adj. SF based hedge fund has managed to lose 40 billion dollars
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@BigMuffN69@awful.systems 2026-07-31 03:27
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@BigMuffN69@awful.systems 2026-07-31 03:35
This is my xmas, ty santa