"I'm not as sure this time," Altman said. "The thing that made me want to do that last time around was this feeling that everyone was saying we were in a bubble, and I thought that was wrong and disingenuous for a couple of reasons. This time I don't feel that way."
Interesting.
On the bet: to be fair, he was very, very close to winning (for those who didn't read, he was correct on 2/3 predictions, and the third was a $200B collective valuation for several companies that are instead currently valued at $167B).
I don't think badly of him. I think it was just to make a point, and the money was going to charity of the winner's choice. I don't know Sam personally but he's been very successful with his career so I don't think it was about the money.
He actually explained it where I quoted him in my other comment, from this article.
Interesting.
On the bet: to be fair, he was very, very close to winning (for those who didn't read, he was correct on 2/3 predictions, and the third was a $200B collective valuation for several companies that are instead currently valued at $167B).
edit: just realized this duplicates several other submissions that in some cases are better https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...