OpenAI Chief Sam Altman Becomes the First To Get Indonesia's 'Golden Visa' (cnbc.com) 23
Indonesia has awarded OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman its first "Golden Visa" -- a week after the program was launched to attract foreign investment to Southeast Asia's largest economy. CNBC reports: "There are several categories of golden visas apart from those based on investment/capital investment, one of which is the golden visa which is given to figures who have an international reputation and can provide benefits for Indonesia," Silmy Karim, Indonesia's director general of immigration, said in a statement. "With this golden visa, the hope is that Altman can contribute towards the development and use of AI in Indonesia," Karim said.
Altman's Golden Visa is for 10 years. As a holder of the visa, the American entrepreneur will get to enjoy priority screening at airports across the country's vast archipelago, along with longer periods of stay, and ease of entry and exit.
Altman's Golden Visa is for 10 years. As a holder of the visa, the American entrepreneur will get to enjoy priority screening at airports across the country's vast archipelago, along with longer periods of stay, and ease of entry and exit.
Re:How is gonna do this... (Score:4, Informative)
Believe it or not, more than one person named Sam exists in the world. Sam Altman is not Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Believe it or not, more than one person named Sam exists in the world. Sam Altman is not Sam Bankman-Fried.
You do know that the trolls on /. don't care about those little details?
Golden visa (Score:1, Funny)
Oh the irony (Score:5, Funny)
Sam Altman, the figurehead of the one technology that is set to make even the cheapest labor too expensive, is welcome with open arms in Indonesia...
Someone didn't quite think this through.
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Good for him, it's a long road to do it in the US (Score:1)
ChatGPT congratulates Sam (Score:1)
Hmm (Score:2)
I am guessing that Sam Altman has already been making a lot of trips to and from Indonesia in order for the country to offer him what is basically commuter status.
Does anyone know if that is true? If so, why Indonesia?
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If so, why Indonesia?
I guess no other country is desperate enough to try to attract this potential PR disaster on two legs. Because l guarantee you when AI starts creating massive unemployment everywhere, nobody will want to be associated with Sam Altman in any way, shape or form.
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Several other countries sell visas.
Malta has a golden visa that allows the new citizen to travel anywhere in the EU.
Several Caribbean countries have golden visas.
Maybe he preferred Indonesia. I've been there and liked it. The food is great, and the people are friendly. Indonesia is a huge country, stretching across 5000 kilometers, so there is plenty to see and do.
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Even the US does. It costs you around $200K and you get an investor visa which allows you to reside indefinitely as long as you keep your investment.
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Must want to be employed as his army of robots that rate AI output for the training loop. And will host massive server farms
This gives him a fallback plan (Score:2)
But we still don't know (Score:2)
Corporations more important than Country Leaders.. (Score:1)
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You should read a history book.
There was once a time when corporations raised armies and waged war in their own name.
Battle of Plassey [wikipedia.org]
Shop around? (Score:3)
This program isn't particularly unique. Several countries, including the US, will allow you to purchase citizenship with a sizeable investment in that country. A handful will even let you do it without renouncing your existing citizenship.
Here in the US it's the EB-5 Visa. In the UK it was the Tier 1 program, but I think they changed it. The cheapest one that lets you keep your existing citizenship is, IIRC, $200k in the Dominican Republic.
(Hey CryptoBros, don't get any ideas about skipping the country to help with your tax problem. The US taxes its citizens foreign income too, and if you denounce your citizenship, there's a good chance you're on the hook for the Exit tax too which *includes* unrealized gains.)
Interesting concept (Score:2)
talkin' 'bout my girl (Score:1)
Everyone wants to screw the same girl. Indonesia just got in line.