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If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.

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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
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