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Really? It seems like a glowing appraisal. He seems to think that Sam is devestatingly effective at what he does.
If I didn't know Graham was English, perhaps I would take them at face value - and, indeed, perhaps I should anyway. (And my characterisation was an extreme one!) But: they do just all sound rather coldly backhanded, if you ask me.
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They actually changed the URL structure This is the old URL, and they indeed mentioned Sam leaving https://web.archive.org/web/20190316222853/https://blog.ycom...
Ohhhh thanks. Looking at those it looks like there was an edit: > Updated on 6/12/20 > In May 2019, Geoff Ralston took over as YC President. At that time, Sam Altman stepped away from any formal position at YC. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028062425/https://blog.ycom... And then shortly after the edit disappeared too: https://web.archive.org/web/20210423025128/https://blog.ycom...
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Really? It seems like a glowing appraisal. He seems to think that Sam is devestatingly effective at what he does.
Graham is English. The English have a wonderful talent for making backhanded “complements.” E.g. “you’re a truly unique individual” or “I always feel more intelligent after speaking with you.” The American convention is to look for the positive and assume that was intended. The English convention is to look for the negative and assume that was the real meaning. E.g. “Sam is going better than you. Do better.” Could me…
At least one of the arguments against him, that he cared too much about openai to lead Microsoft effectively, probably helps him more than it hurts. Otherwise, idk how much of this was really about Sam altman as much as it was a staggeringly incompetent board that drove employees and investors to unify and protest en masse to save the organisation from itself. I guess there's a chance there's an AGI in the basement b…
Even if Graham supposedly booted Altman from Y Combinator, I don't see any reason to assume that a similar disagreement would have occurred in this case. Citing that history also seems to assume that Graham himself is an impeccable judge of character. And we don't necessarily have any reason to believe that. Seems to me like they're swinging at windmills with this narrative. Given that the board provided very few det…
And speaking of Graham's judgement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38384490 Of course it was flagged within a few minutes.
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Doesn't this show a vested interest from pg and jessica in OpenAI? So it's hard for them to say anything negative.
As a matter of good policy they wouldn't publicly denounce anyone that was associated with YC.
It's oh so weird the article does not mention any of these though... - https://twitter.com/phuckfilosophy/status/163570439893983232... (SA's sister - also have a look at her recent posts) - Also: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QDczBduZorG4dxZiW/sam-altman... (utterly distressing) - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1727096607752282485 (check the comment with snapshots of the letter - "strangely" that Gist was dele…
that can't be true- why would sam altman and the rest of their family deny annie altman's inheritance? it's not like they need the money themselves either this annie character is making stuff up, or the whole rest of her family are some kind of comic book villains
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There are different sets of concerns governing police accountability, transparency, etc., from those governing various different types of corporations, and rightly so.
It makes sense. It's not like corporations have responsibilities that can have life & death impacts on people, or that can radically transform the lives of people who don't even work there. Oh wait...
Or is this where we pretend that leading YC is even vaguely similar to being a rogue cop, in terms of potential impact on people’s lives?