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> sci-fi notions like "superintelligence"

That echoes my own first impression - that the whole point here was to get "superintelligence" into the lexicon, and to imply that OpenAI might be able to produce such a thing. Stealth advertising at its worst.

> lobby government build a moat around his business

That was my second impression. Altman and his ilk don't care about regulation as something to do with public good. As far as they're concerned, it's just another lever they can pull to get or stay ahead of competitors. Kind of funny seeing him try to build the moat before he's actually built anything resembling a castle, but that's VC thinking I guess.

So, I guess what I'm really saying here is: thank you. Well said.



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