Post #4423850
2026-08-06 15:33 UTC
@codinghorror@infosec.exchange I agree with your concerns about Anthropic, but I'm not sure why you single them out:
https://www.reddit.com/r/agi/comments/1cqsu4j/the_cult_vibe_of_sam_altman_explained_by_sam/
Sam Altman shared this quote:
"successful people create companies. more successful people create countries. the most successful people create religions."
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@mattmaison@mastodon.world 2026-08-06 17:41
@nedbat@hachyderm.io They're not singling them out, the quote is about them.
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@david@fouroclockfarms.club 2026-08-06 22:09
@nedbat@hachyderm.io @codinghorror@infosec.exchange Altman is the consummate bullshit artist, right up there with Elon.
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@codinghorror@infosec.exchange 2026-08-10 09:31
@nedbat@hachyderm.io stack overflow was and is a religion. A religion of commitment to data, facts, and science. And I got screamed at constantly because we would not blindly accept whatever a random user typed into a textbox.