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Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying

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321 points jhunter1016 | 7 comments | 18 Oct 24 11:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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uptownfunk ◴[18 Oct 24 17:06 UTC] No.41881350[source]▶
Sam is a scary good guy. But I’ve also learned to never underestimate Microsoft. They’ve been playing the game a long long time.
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1. Implicated ◴[18 Oct 24 17:36 UTC] No.41881667[source]▶
> Sam is a scary good guy.

No snark/sarcasm - can you elaborate on this? This doesn't seem in line with most opinions of him that I encounter.

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2. jeffbee ◴[18 Oct 24 17:40 UTC] No.41881703[source]▶
No other genius could have given us Loopt.
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3. themacguffinman ◴[18 Oct 24 17:59 UTC] No.41881879[source]▶
"Sam is extremely good at becoming powerful."

"You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in 5 years and he'd be the king."

- Paul Graham

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4. whamlastxmas ◴[18 Oct 24 19:49 UTC] No.41882847[source]▶
He’s a billionaire. He generated billions and billions as the head of YC. He’s the head of one of the most visible and talked about companies on the planet. He’s leading the forefront of some of the most transformative technology in human history.

He’s good at what he does. I’m not saying he’s a good person. I don’t know him.

5. whamlastxmas ◴[18 Oct 24 19:50 UTC] No.41882860[source]▶
If we’re judging everyone by their failures then Warren Buffet is an idiot because he lost half a billion on a shoe company in the 90s
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6. jeffbee ◴[18 Oct 24 20:21 UTC] No.41883103{3}[source]▶
Possibly, I am just trying to separate the man's abilities from his good luck. Grade him on the basis of how much success he achieves versus anyone else who has tens of millions of dollars dropped in his lap.
7. uptownfunk ◴[19 Oct 24 04:11 UTC] No.41885581[source]▶
Yes this is what I am referring. I’m not saying he is like the boy coder genius, he is good at becoming and staying king. And if you look at all the departures of some of today’s brilliant technology innovators, perhaps it tells you why. Don’t fly too close to the sun.