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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 rasengan »

LudwigNagasena wrote: post #148
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…

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

Chats + Many emails

He always helped when I ping'd him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thank you for everything Sam.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

rpmisms wrote: post #146
lioeters wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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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 LudwigNagasena »

rasengan wrote: post #151
LudwigNagasena wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Chats + Many emails He always helped when I ping'd him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thank you for everything Sam.

It’s his job to build relationships and trade favors. I don’t see how it contradicts the majority of publicly written opinion about him.

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

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Post by gwern »

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…

How does a mistake like that get made 3 or 4 years later when he was never the chair, and the only official source for that had been edited within days to remove that, and apparently there has never been a YC chair at all?

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

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Post by mtnGoat »

TheDong wrote: post #112
wbl wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You absolutely read the S1 statement. What else would you be reading?

You would be reading your CFO or lawyer's summary of the important points. In this case, the only important point is probably literally just "We filed the S-1, everything went normally". Do you use an accountant to file your taxes? Do you read the entire tax document they submit, or do you just look at their summary of "after this much in deductions, you owe this much"? If you do read the document in full, good on yo…

Yes I do in fact read those things, every VP or above that I know does too. A meeting covers high points that doesn’t mean you don’t have to do your homework.

Trust but verify.

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

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Post by mtnGoat »

ninininino wrote: post #7
jpm_sd wrote: post #2

Sam Altman is a pathological liar https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/ex_openai_board_membe... https://www.wheresyoured.at/sam-altman-is-full-of-shit/

This is startup land. We call it a Painted Door test of the truth. He's just selling product roadmap before things are feature complete, we all do it.

Please don’t say all… I for one have never done this.

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

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Post by ninininino »

mtnGoat wrote: post #156
ninininino wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is startup land. We call it a Painted Door test of the truth. He's just selling product roadmap before things are feature complete, we all do it.

Please don’t say all… I for one have never done this.

My comment was meant to be satire.

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

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Post by mikae1 »

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 definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type

A capitalist is an owner of the means of production. It's as simple as that. I think Altman qualifies, especially to the African workers who make $1.50 an hour to get PTSD[1][2][3] in his AI sweatshops.

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/ef42e78f-e578-450b-9e43-36fbd1e20...

[2] https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-un...

[3] https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-int...

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

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Post by frob »

LudwigNagasena wrote: post #153
rasengan wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chats + Many emails He always helped when I ping'd him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thank you for everything Sam.

It’s his job to build relationships and trade favors. I don’t see how it contradicts the majority of publicly written opinion about him.

To be fair, Lord Rasengan is a sovereign head of the Joseon Empire cybernation according to their own bio, so Sam was just conducting international relations for openAI's next country to exploit. Be careful you don't anger Lord Rasengan; they could throw you in internet jail.

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

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Post by AbstractH24 »

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.

> 'high trees capture a lot of wind'

Makes me feel better about being short (on a good day I'm 5"3')

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