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Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by CRConrad »

dang wrote: post #22
bowsamic wrote: post #9

This is going to fall off the front page very quickly, just watch. The mods suppress anything that makes YC or anything they invest in look bad

Actually we moderate less, not more, when YC or a YC startup is the story. This is the #1 rule of HN moderation and has been since pg first explained it to me on the morning he started showing me how to moderate HN. If anyone wants to read about this, there are ten years' worth of past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... . It looks like a mod downweighted this story but…

> This looks like a flimsy story from a couple of months ago about something from many years ago.

"Here's me obediently following the rule (Oh, the world is so full of silly rules!), but let me editorialise a bit on why any story about how Sam Altman isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread should be disregarded..."

And you don't see how that undermines any "trust we have with the bulk of the community"?

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by rasengan »

diziet wrote: post #107

I think these types of posts are extremely nitpicky and not useful. From my experience, these sort of SEC filings are compiled by associates in a biglaw firm under a lot of time pressure, with file names like "version 41.B FINAL EDIT". Things get lost in translation. The signing off parties on the document are not sama: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000110465921... I think someone made a mistake. Al…

I had the opportunity to chat with Sam, and I would say that the majority of publicly written opinion about him is false.

He’s a pretty genuine guy with a lot of advice and wisdom. He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type — someone who helps people become whole.

I felt like OpenAI and the sector in general made a lot of sense — now he can help everyone in the world.

As for the issue at hand, for one it’s doubtful he prepared this, but moreover, I have seen quite a many resumes in my day and not one wasn’t padded so to speak.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by louwrentius »

rasengan wrote: post #142
diziet wrote: post #107

I think these types of posts are extremely nitpicky and not useful. From my experience, these sort of SEC filings are compiled by associates in a biglaw firm under a lot of time pressure, with file names like "version 41.B FINAL EDIT". Things get lost in translation. The signing off parties on the document are not sama: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000110465921... I think someone made a mistake. Al…

I had the opportunity to chat with Sam, and I would say that the majority of publicly written opinion about him is false. He’s a pretty genuine guy with a lot of advice and wisdom. He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type — someone who helps people become whole. I felt like OpenAI and the sector in general made a lot of sense — now he can help everyone in the world. As for the issue at…

He thinks Worldcoin is a great idea.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by rasengan »

louwrentius wrote: post #143
rasengan wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the opportunity to chat with Sam, and I would say that the majority of publicly written opinion about him is false. He’s a pretty genuine guy with a lot of advice and wisdom. He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type — someone who helps people become whole. I felt like OpenAI and the sector in general made a lot of sense — now he can help everyone in the world. As for the issue at…

He thinks Worldcoin is a great idea.

It's a bad execution for a wholesome, world helping, idea.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by throw4847285 »

cynusx wrote: post #111

The media obsession with Sam Altman reminds me of the old dutch saying 'high trees capture a lot of wind' (hoge bomen vangen veel wind) I suppose that's why many HNWI individuals consciously stay below the radar.

The problem is when your wealth is inseparable from your celebrity. Altman is the face of AI. If he kept his foot out of his mouth he wouldn't be rich.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by rpmisms »

lioeters wrote: post #138
n4r9 wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Aus and NZ this is known as "cutting down the tall poppy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

In Japan it goes, "The nail that sticks out gets hammered." (Well not a metal "nail", but a wooden post.)

In my section of America, it's "the loose board gets nailed", which is just enough of an innuendo to make it stick.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by LudwigNagasena »

rasengan wrote: post #142
diziet wrote: post #107

I think these types of posts are extremely nitpicky and not useful. From my experience, these sort of SEC filings are compiled by associates in a biglaw firm under a lot of time pressure, with file names like "version 41.B FINAL EDIT". Things get lost in translation. The signing off parties on the document are not sama: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000110465921... I think someone made a mistake. Al…

I had the opportunity to chat with Sam, and I would say that the majority of publicly written opinion about him is false. He’s a pretty genuine guy with a lot of advice and wisdom. He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type — someone who helps people become whole. I felt like OpenAI and the sector in general made a lot of sense — now he can help everyone in the world. As for the issue at…

You are very perspicacious if you managed to figure that out after a single chat.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by infecto »

triblemaster wrote: post #134
s1artibartfast wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Materiality depend on the question at hand.

SEC filings would be enough for materiality one would assume.

Not an S1 and especially for a SPAC. Nothing is truly material until an acquisition is made.

Re: Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?

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Post by infecto »

joe_the_user wrote: post #106
blindriver wrote: post #72

This is really dumb, and I'm not even a fan of sama, I think he's a snake. Sam Altman was CEO and President. The fact he was not Chairman is not material. There's a thousand different explanations how that misstatement could have occurred. Maybe someone wrote that up, and sama didn't review every single line, and other people just assumed it was right. But it's not material. Being being the CEO and President of YC is…

As I read the statement in the article, he didn't claim he was the chairman of Y Combinator at the time he was actually President. He claimed was the chairman at the time of the filing, 2021: "Mr. Altman is an entrepreneurial and thought leader with a proven track record of growth investing within the technology industry. He is also the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, a leading AI research and deployment company, and t…

It can have penalties but most like not for a disclosures bio page of a spac.
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