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Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

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Re: Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

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Post by helsinkiandrew »

CartyBoston wrote: post #2

The bit about PG and Altman parting ways is interesting I wonder if anyone wants to share more :).

Hadn't seen the tweet from Geoffrey Irving before:

https://twitter.com/geoffreyirving/status/172675427022402397...

> 1. He was always nice to me.

> 2. He lied to me on various occasions

> 3. He was deceptive, manipulative, and worse to others, including my close friends (again, only nice to me, for reasons)

Re: Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

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Post by rwmj »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #4
CartyBoston wrote: post #2

The bit about PG and Altman parting ways is interesting I wonder if anyone wants to share more :).

Hadn't seen the tweet from Geoffrey Irving before: https://twitter.com/geoffreyirving/status/172675427022402397... > 1. He was always nice to me. > 2. He lied to me on various occasions > 3. He was deceptive, manipulative, and worse to others, including my close friends (again, only nice to me, for reasons)

Like an AI then.

Re: Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

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Post by lynx23 »

It is hard to see through the unfolding drama. Since I am lacking data (and we all do), I can only fall back to my intuition. When I was listening to Sam being interviewed by Lex, I had to turn the podcast off because I felt I am listening to a deeply flawed and manipulative character. He left a creepy feeling of "Never ever trust this guy".

Re: Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

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Post by fvdessen »

I've had the 'chance' to work with some deeply manipulative persons in the past, the kind who goes to your desk and say 'Hey, I noticed you started to speak to X again, and your performance seems to suffer as a result", where X is a friendly colleague that opposed some plan of that person. It is incredibly difficult to keep those people in check as all that behaviour is off the record and impossible to prove. When people complain it's a 'you said, he said' situation where the manipulator inevitably wins. Wether those persons are positive or negative for the company is not all that clear, but they create an incredibly unpleasant work environment.
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