While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is understood to be in search of to draw latest investments value $100 billion (roughly 135 trillion won), dissatisfaction is reportedly growing amongst Silicon Valley investors. In reference to his infinite greed, the term ‘Alexander the Great of AI’ was even coined.
Business Insider reported on the twenty sixth (local time) that criticism of CEO Altman is rising, citing various Silicon Valley enterprise investors who requested anonymity.
In keeping with this, some officials compared CEO Altman to Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great is legendary for tirelessly expanding his empire and swallowing up vast territories.
Altman has also been attracting extensive investment and expansion since last yr, when Open AI achieved visible success. Nonetheless, the difference is that Alexander the Great died unexpectedly from fever on the age of 32, and OpenAI continues to expand.
It’s identified that there is no such thing as a end to the will to construct artificial general intelligence (AGI). “AGI seems almost like a non secular calling to him,” one insider quipped.
Investors who were uninterested in consistently asking for money from those around them also appeared. Nonetheless, the issue is that in Altman's eyes, there is no such thing as a investor who desires to be excluded from investing on the planet's most notable startup. “Altman is a kingmaker,” said a Silicon Valley startup founder and angel investor. “In case you don’t take part in what he does, you possibly can’t help but feel anxious.”
Personal criticism also appeared. Most acknowledge that he’s so eloquent that he could sell sand within the Sahara Desert, but they accuse him of being too focused on personal publicity and that his mission for humanity is a facade.
For instance, he was involved in investing in dozens of projects, including Altman's Open AI, in addition to AI robots, devices, and cryptocurrency. “He’s constructing his own platform,” said one startup founder. “That’s why his side projects are funded like public firms.” Altman's past history as CEO of Y Combinator, where he was fired because of personal investment issues, was also highlighted.
It was also identified that it was a megalomania. A representative example is the recent announcement that it will raise as much as $7 trillion for a chip project for AGI. This became the topic of criticism from many experts, and eventually Altman exploded and tweeted, “Why not Article 8?”
He was also in comparison with Steve Jobs and Elon Musk in a negative sense. A enterprise capital official who invested with Altman said, “Just as I don't trust Musk, I don't trust anyone who has such clear aspirations for himself as Altman.” Some also identified that he had the power to 'distort reality', much like Jobs' ability to pretend that something doesn’t exist.
Business Insider identified, “In fact, Silicon Valley is usually a fickle place.” It is not uncommon for investors to compete for access to popular firms, get offended after they lose, and quietly curse when their offers are rejected, he said.
Nonetheless, he identified that it’s true that Altman is demanding more investment for various reasons and the noise is getting louder.
Meanwhile, OpenAI reportedly declined to comment on this.
Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com