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Sam Altman Thinks He's the Prometheus of Silicon Valley

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Sam Altman says that many people in Silicon Valley “really believed only a small priesthood should get access to AI,” ultimately casting a group of Silicon Valley insiders as “benevolent dictators” who determine how the general public benefits from AI development. But Altman and OpenAI allegedly be…

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  1. 2026-10-06 01:44 · r/OpenAI
    Sam Altman Thinks He's the Prometheus of Silicon Valley
  2. 2026-10-06 01:43 · r/singularity
    Sam Altman Thinks He's the Prometheus of Silicon Valley

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