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its gotta sting Emmett Shear that he's now known to be at least 3rd choice for the role... and may not even keep it

• swatcoder 3y ago
  On the contrary, it probably feels like he's doing someone a favor. It's not a great role to accept right now.
  • swyx 3y ago
    if you told me 4 days ago that it'd be "doing someone a favor" to take the ceo job at openai... i'd have said you are hallucinating very badly
    • tessierashpool 3y ago
      well, that's one of the things OpenAI is known for
• s5300 3y ago
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• hshsbs84848 3y ago
  You think CEOs actually think like that?
  • willvarfar 3y ago
    Emmett was a part-time YC partner. So there might be bad bad blood and he's doing it to spite YC, or it could be that he's in the loop with the insider chat and is stepping up to rescue what money they can and the VCs will pat him on the back?
    • Rastonbury 3y ago
      Altman himself was pushed out of the president role at YC, not sure if Shear was a partner then. If he was he'd know the inside scoop Regarding saving VCs money, if he pushes too hard for commercialization over safety he risks his job.
      • sumedh 3y ago
        > Altman himself was pushed out of the president role at YC, I thought he was close to PG.
        • gkkirilov 3y ago
          Yeah, he is. People on the internet make up facts fast.
          • Rastonbury 3y ago
            After his quiet departure, the YC communication team edited his Wikipedia page to remove his affliation with YC. Make of that what you will, but I don't think many would even bothering doing that for an ex-employee if they were beloved