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Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over (futurism.com)
submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Altman’s remarks in his tweet drew an overwhelmingly negative reaction.

“You’re welcome,” one user responded. “Nice to know that our reward is our jobs being taken away.”

Others called him a “f***ing psychopath” and “scum.”

“Nothing says ‘you’re being replaced’ quite like a heartfelt thank you from the guy doing the replacing,” one user wrote.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 42 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

So, we're just trafficking in misinformation now?

Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort

True

, Says Their Time Is Over

Complete fiction. Clickbait misinformation.

The tweet:

I have so much gratitude to people who wrote extremely complex software character-by-character. It already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took.

Thank you for getting us to this point.

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 3 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

I agree, the "Says Their Time Is Over" part is clickbaity, but the sentiment is the same. He's thanking "manual programmers" for taking us to this point, clearly implying that from now on they will be no longer required

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

He didn't say them at the same time. He is absolutely all about firing them. It's his favorite pastime.

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If you swap "says" with "hints", it works though.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago

If you swap "says" with "doesn't say" it also works.