Although I dislike him now glazing Trump, I understand why he's doing it. Trump runs a racket and this is part of the game.
One of my most contrarian positions is I still like and support Altman, despite most of the internet now hating him almost as much as they (justifiably) hate Elon. Was a fan of Sam pre-YC presidency and still am now.
For me, it’s the technical results. Same as for Musk.
Tesla accelerated us forward into the electric car age. SpaceX revolutionized launches.
OpenAI added some real startup oomph to the AI arms race which was dominated by megacorps with entrenched products that they would have disrupted only slowly.
So these guys are doing useful things, however you feel about their other conduct. Personally I find the gross political flip-flops hard to stomach.
Why would you support someone you said was part of a racket in the sentence before? We're talking about real life, where actions have consequences, not a TV show where we're expected to identifiy with Tony Soprano.
One of my most contrarian positions is I still like and support Altman, despite most of the internet now hating him almost as much as they (justifiably) hate Elon. Was a fan of Sam pre-YC presidency and still am now.
(I also am a big fan of DeepSeek and its CEO.)