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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJZpO3bTpg
TSMC management thought he was an absolute clown when he asked for $7 Trillion. They call him "Podcasting Bro".
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tsmc-rejects-podcasting-bro-s...
He turned OpenAI into ClosedAI. He is a lying greedy sociopath.
It's possible (or at least I hope) he will fade into irrelevancy within the next few years, replaced with a less delusional and less insufferable CEO.
And Steve Jobs shut down OpenDoc, doesn't mean he wasn't charming:
Steve Jobs was charismatic. Sam Altman is the opposite of charismatic.
> Sam Altman has it. You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in 5 years and he'd be the king. If you're Sam Altman, you don't have to be profitable to convey to investors that you'll succeed with or without them. (He wasn't, and he did.) Not everyone has Sam's deal-making ability. I myself don't. But if you don't, you can let the numbers speak for you.
> I just saw Sam Altman speak at YCNYC and I was impressed. I have never actually met him or heard him speak before Monday, but one of his stories really stuck out and went something like this:
> "We were trying to get a big client for weeks, and they said no and went with a competitor. The competitor already had a terms sheet from the company were we trying to sign up. It was real serious.
> We were devastated, but we decided to fly down and sit in their lobby until they would meet with us. So they finally let us talk to them after most of the day.
> We then had a few more meetings, and the company wanted to come visit our offices so they could make sure we were a 'real' company. At that time, we were only 5 guys. So we hired a bunch of our college friends to 'work' for us for the day so we could look larger than we actually were. It worked, and we got the contract."
> I think the reason why PG respects Sam so much is he is charismatic, resourceful, and just overall seems like a genuine person.