Altman casts himself as Silicon Valley's Prometheus, slams AI priesthood
sourdub · reddit · 2026-10-06
A Reddit thread highlights Sam Altman's claim that many in Silicon Valley "really believed only a small priesthood should get access to AI," portraying those insiders as "benevolent dictators" deciding how the public benefits from AI. Altman and OpenAI allegedly believed instead that giving the "superpower" of AI to everyone would achieve "tremendously more good than bad." The poster mocks Altman for casting himself as Silicon Valley's Prometheus, with commenters largely riffing on his self-image.
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