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Larry Ellison vs Sam Altman: Who did more good?

Larry Ellison vs Sam Altman: Who did more good?

This matchup is based on public perception from anonymous votes. Pick the person you think had the better impact.

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Larry Ellison
vs
Sam Altman

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The short case

Case for Larry
Oracle infrastructure underpins global systems; signed Giving Pledge
What voters may question: Lavish lifestyle, limited actual giving, aggressive Oracle lawsuit history
Case for Sam
Pushing AI safety to mainstream conversation; UBI advocacy; open safety research
What voters may question: Commercializing potentially dangerous technology; opaque governance at OpenAI
Larry Ellison
Sam Altman
1,566
ELO
1,552
58%
Win rate
57%
7d trend
0%
Divisive ↓
0%
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