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Noticed Sam Altman was in the list yesterday too. Now removed. Has any of the high profile signatories confirmed publicly?

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The Verge says it wasn't real Sam Altman.

>[…] though new names should be treated with caution as there are reports of names being added to the list as a joke (e.g. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, an individual who is partly responsible for the current race dynamic in AI).

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/29/23661374/elon-musk-ai-res...

Or, impossible I know, there are more than one person with the name "Sam Altman". Would suck probably, no one believes you are you, because another startup/tech-famous person have the same name.

When I checked yesterday I believe the signature said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, so it was definitely a joke signature, not a case of two people having the same name.

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