It's terrifying me how swiftly OpenAI entered public consciousness, and how much it reminds me of Google and Facebook in 2009.
Especially how Sam Altman is right now charming Washington (Democrats, especially it seems).
And that it's unfolding in a moment of financial crisis/uncertainty (in 2009, it was GFC; now it's a post-covid world of people scared the floor will fall out under them)