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Sam Altman

CEO, OpenAI

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The Real Eisman PlaybookSam Altman, Dario Amodei

Why Dario Amodei and Sam Altman Are Faking the AI Doomsday Crisis | The Weekly Wrap

Steve Eisman argues that recent AI doomsday rhetoric from leaders like Dario Amodei and Sam Altman is a strategic move to slow competition and build regulatory moats, not a genuine extinction warning. He also covers higher rates, a FICO short update, the Senate blocking the Clarity Act, and practical ways for investors to reduce AI exposure without leaving equities.

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Stanford CS153 Frontier SystemsSam Altman

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Scale, AGI, and the Future of Everything

Sam Altman argues that AI changes startup economics, with token spend substituting for large teams and scale producing unexpected emergent returns. He also says frontier labs must build for inference, expects compute shortages to persist, and warns education and redistribution systems need redesign in an AI-native world.