Comment by jamesian on Sam Altman: "Planning for AGI and beyond" · 2024-02-09T20:33:19.647Z · LW · GW

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is a post-hoc rationalization of the thing Sam wanted to do anyway

Altman’s recent fundraising for AI chip manufacturing would increase available AI compute. Is there a good reason for why someone worried about a compute overhang would be accelerating the development of AI chips? If not, I think that it being a post-hoc rationalization is a good explanation.