This is a weird framing. US life expectancy is lower than other developed countries because of cultural and political reasons, not technological ones. Is nobody supposed to invest in research until the US gets its political and cultural act sorted?
Look, I like hating on Sam Altman as much as the next guy, but political action is not the only route and not for everyone. Technological advance is a fair way to try to improve things.
> The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich<p>Reminds me of a Woody Allen joke: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPbzP19dlgM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPbzP19dlgM</a><p>The poor already have shit life, shouldn't they be glad it's over quick?
Do not develop new cancer drugs too, because people in Africa are dying in masses from HIV and Malaria.
Do not invest in sustainable energy solutions because that would benefit only the rich who could afford the costly infrastructure.<p>Making change through politics is great, but not everyone can do it.
Don't understand all this hate lately. No CEO of any of these big companies cares about me, not even remotely.<p>OpenAI sped up the democratization of LLMs by atleast a few years, and although that's mostly thanks to their engineers, I'd like to thank Altman as well.<p>I'm a software engineer and so much of my work has gotten significantly easier because of OpenAI.