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Flagged without a vouch button. Interesting.

by brvsft 3y ago

kristopolous 3y ago
Sam Altman was the CEO of Y-Combinator for 8 years. So even saying the field is wide on what could have happened is apparently super-banned.
- DonHopkins 3y ago
  I just posted a link to a Silicon Valley episode on youtube that implies that he fucks a robot, so let's see how that one goes... ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38311627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38311627 PDSCodes 27 minutes ago | unvote | parent | context | flag | favorite | on: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman Turn that on it’s head - was he standing in the way of a commercial sale or agreement with Microsoft! He may not be the villain. But who knows, it feels like an episode of silicon valley! DonHopkins 22 minutes ago | prev | edit | delete [–] I can do anything I want with her - Silicon Valley S5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29MPk85tMhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29MPk85tMhc >That guy definitely fucks that robot, right? That "handsy greasy little weirdo" Silicon Valley character Ariel and his robot Fiona were obviously based on Ben Goertzel and Sophia, not Sam Altman, though. https://www.reddit.com/r/SiliconValleyHBO/comments/8edbk9/the_character_of_ariel_in_the_current_episode/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SiliconValleyHBO/comments/8edbk9/th... >The character of Ariel in the current episode instantly reminded me of Ben Goertzel, whom i stumbled upon couple of years ago, but did not really paid close attention to his progress. One search later: VIDEO Interview: SingularityNET's Dr Ben Goertzel, robot Sophia and open source AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbltBLaFeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbltBLaFeI
  - kristopolous 3y ago
    I'm sorry, I'm having trouble parsing your intentions here. I was commenting on reasons for dismissal generally and not trying to impune this particular guy's character Swift dismissals are likely motivated more by transgressions than performance but that's where the facts stop for me
    - DonHopkins 3y ago
      Silicon Valley is a comedy, and that was a joke, obviously. But you can't deny there's a striking resemblance between Ariel & Fiona, and Ben & Sophia! That's why Silicon Valley was such a great show: they did their research. The entire final storyline is about an AI trying to take over -- if you haven't watched it, you should! But many of my friends who live and work in Silicon Valley can't stand watching it, because it strikes too close to home, not because it isn't funny. I think it's much more likely that Elon Musk fucked a robot, after having mistaken it for a human being in a robot suit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNc4nEX3c4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNc4nEX3c4
- dang 3y ago
  It's not super-banned; I specifically unkilled it. It just isn't a very good HN comment, because it's inflammatory, speculative, and doesn't contain any information. Actually I normally would have detached it from the parent, especially because it's part of a top-heavy subthread, but I specifically didn't do that in this case because of the principle described here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu....
  - kristopolous 3y ago
    Thanks I was just trying to remind the community that these can come in forms unrelated to investment, product vision, profitability or market penetration and that an action like this doesn't say anything necessarily about the company
dang 3y ago
Vouch buttons show up when a post is [dead], not when it's [flagged]. I unkilled that comment a while ago*, so it's no longer [dead], so there's no longer a vouch button. * normally we wouldn't do that, but in threads that have a YC connection we moderate less, not more - see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Flagged without a vouch button. Interesting.

by brvsft 3y ago

Flagged without a vouch button. Interesting.

Sam Altman was the CEO of Y-Combinator for 8 years. So even saying the field is wide on what could have happened is apparently super-banned.

DonHopkins 3y ago
I just posted a link to a Silicon Valley episode on youtube that implies that he fucks a robot, so let's see how that one goes... ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38311627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38311627 PDSCodes 27 minutes ago | unvote | parent | context | flag | favorite | on: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman Turn that on it’s head - was he standing in the way of a commercial sale or agreement with Microsoft! He may not be the villain. But who knows, it feels like an episode of silicon valley! DonHopkins 22 minutes ago | prev | edit | delete [–] I can do anything I want with her - Silicon Valley S5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29MPk85tMhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29MPk85tMhc >That guy definitely fucks that robot, right? That "handsy greasy little weirdo" Silicon Valley character Ariel and his robot Fiona were obviously based on Ben Goertzel and Sophia, not Sam Altman, though. https://www.reddit.com/r/SiliconValleyHBO/comments/8edbk9/the_character_of_ariel_in_the_current_episode/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SiliconValleyHBO/comments/8edbk9/th... >The character of Ariel in the current episode instantly reminded me of Ben Goertzel, whom i stumbled upon couple of years ago, but did not really paid close attention to his progress. One search later: VIDEO Interview: SingularityNET's Dr Ben Goertzel, robot Sophia and open source AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbltBLaFeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbltBLaFeI
- kristopolous 3y ago
  I'm sorry, I'm having trouble parsing your intentions here. I was commenting on reasons for dismissal generally and not trying to impune this particular guy's character Swift dismissals are likely motivated more by transgressions than performance but that's where the facts stop for me
  - DonHopkins 3y ago
    Silicon Valley is a comedy, and that was a joke, obviously. But you can't deny there's a striking resemblance between Ariel & Fiona, and Ben & Sophia! That's why Silicon Valley was such a great show: they did their research. The entire final storyline is about an AI trying to take over -- if you haven't watched it, you should! But many of my friends who live and work in Silicon Valley can't stand watching it, because it strikes too close to home, not because it isn't funny. I think it's much more likely that Elon Musk fucked a robot, after having mistaken it for a human being in a robot suit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNc4nEX3c4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNc4nEX3c4
dang 3y ago
It's not super-banned; I specifically unkilled it. It just isn't a very good HN comment, because it's inflammatory, speculative, and doesn't contain any information. Actually I normally would have detached it from the parent, especially because it's part of a top-heavy subthread, but I specifically didn't do that in this case because of the principle described here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu....
- kristopolous 3y ago
  Thanks I was just trying to remind the community that these can come in forms unrelated to investment, product vision, profitability or market penetration and that an action like this doesn't say anything necessarily about the company

dang 3y ago

Vouch buttons show up when a post is [dead], not when it's [flagged]. I unkilled that comment a while ago*, so it's no longer [dead], so there's no longer a vouch button. * normally we wouldn't do that, but in threads that have a YC connection we moderate less, not more - see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...