Sam Altman casts himself as Silicon Valley's Prometheus, slamming AI 'priesthood' gatekeeping
sourdub · reddit · 2026-10-06
Sam Altman argues many in Silicon Valley "really believed only a small priesthood should get access to AI," effectively positioning insiders as "benevolent dictators" deciding how the public benefits from AI.
He says OpenAI took the opposite path: handing AI's "superpower" to everyone, betting it would do "tremendously more good than bad." The piece frames this as Altman's self-image as a Prometheus figure — stealing fire for the masses.
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