He would own roughly 10% of https://worldcoin.org/ which aims to be the non-corruptible source of digital identity in the age of AI.

You need to read https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ more

I'm web3 neutral, but this is relevant because:

1. Sam Altman started this company

2. He and other founders would benefit enormously if this was the way to solve the issue that AI raises, namely, "are you a human?"

3. Their mission statement:

> The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has accelerated the need to differentiate between human- and AI-generated content online Proof of personhood addresses two of the key considerations presented by the Age of AI: (1) protecting against sybil attacks and (2) minimizing the spread of AI-generated misinformation World ID, an open and permissionless identity protocol, acts as a global digital passport and can be used anonymously to prove uniqueness and humanness as well as to selectively disclose credentials issued by other parties Worldcoin has published in-depth resources to provide more details about proof of personhood and World ID

another crypto scam? who cares.

In all other circumstances I would agree with you but

1. Sam Altman started this company

2. He and other founders would benefit enormously if this was the way to solve the issue that AI raises, namely, "are you a human?"

3. Their mission statement:

> The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has accelerated the need to differentiate between human- and AI-generated content online Proof of personhood addresses two of the key considerations presented by the Age of AI: (1) protecting against sybil attacks and (2) minimizing the spread of AI-generated misinformation World ID, an open and permissionless identity protocol, acts as a global digital passport and can be used anonymously to prove uniqueness and humanness as well as to selectively disclose credentials issued by other parties Worldcoin has published in-depth resources to provide more details about proof of personhood and World ID

are any of these points supposed to be convincing?

why would I want my identity managed by a shitcoin run by a private company?

The guy you’re responding to isn’t advocating for the technology. He’s just saying Sam Altman stands to gain a lot financially. You kinda need to chill out

Having equity is far from the only way he could profit from the endeavor. And we don't really know for certain that he doesn't have equity anyway.

It's even possible (just stating possibilities, not even saying I suspect this is true) that he did get equity through a cutout of some sort, and the board found out about it, and that's why they fired him.

I would be surprised if there weren’t any holdings through a trust which is a separate legal entity , so technically not him

If he is ideologically motivated, it's not the same ideology the company is named after

Like 0? How about trying to sell the company to MS in exchange for something something?

Could always be planning to parlay it for an even bigger role in the future