Comment by ladyv on Sam Altman's sister, Annie Altman, claims Sam has severely abused her · 2023-10-08T14:46:42.550Z · LW · GW

Scratching my head over whether logic/rational arguments/opining on probabilities by random internet people is the best path toward finding out what's capital-T true here. This doesn't seem to be a case where you can pull up the evidence, look at base rates, and calculate whether Annie is telling the truth or not based on probabilities. 

It sounds like Annie has struggled with mental health issues from quite an early age -- as young as 5 or 6, which also manifested later as physical health issues, and what's disturbing to me is the repeated lack of support from her family members throughout.

It saddens me that she has tried to speak to her mother and brothers about what happened and has been repeatedly ignored or invalidated.  And that despite her being the primary beneficiary of her father's 401K, her family chose to withhold the money she would have used to take time off work to restore her health. When she requested that Sam help promote her podcast he denied her request because it didn't make sense for his business. Sam and their mom denied her request for financial support so she wouldn't have to turn to sex work to make ends meet.

It actually sounds like her family has repeatedly made choices to prevent Annie from healing past wounds and building a stable foundation for herself. 

I find these decisions by Sam to deny his own sister financial, emotional, and spiritual support don't reflect well on his character and don't bode well for his ability to steer the development of a compassionate AGI that will do what's best for humanity.