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Comment by arzke

7 hours ago

I wonder if the lack of capital letters is a clever trick to make this whole annoucement look more humane and natural. Surely it's intentional: only "U.S" deserves capitals, not even his own name in the signature.

It's just a Shibboleth used by SV types to signal their disdain for convention. Altman is also a fan.

Why does he write i’m at some sentences but i'm at others (different ')?

  • The 2021 answer would be that he wrote part of this in a basic text editor, and part in a word processor that does “smart quotes”.

    The 2026 answer is that an AI wrote some parts.

That’s how Jack writes to everyone (and comms drafts his announcements true to his style)