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If Altman was dismissed from YC for similar reasons this would be an excellent time for YC to speak up about it. I understand that for professional courtesy rea
by Analemma_ 3y ago
If Altman was dismissed from YC for similar reasons this would be an excellent time for YC to speak up about it. I understand that for professional courtesy reasons they've been very "smile and say nothing" about Altman's departure but IMO that's increasingly untenable as these stakes go higher.
- wmf 3y agoPG seems to absolutely love him. It's really hard to reconcile the parts of this story.
- hackerlight 3y ago> PG seems to absolutely love him It doesn't serve PG's interests to say otherwise. Sam Altman is part of the YC brand so his reputation is valuable to YC and to PG's net worth. And he's no longer running YC.
- gwern 3y agoIt's unclear to what extent those statements & tweets you read as 'absolutely loving him' really are 'loving him' (as opposed to very British sardonic commentaries & backhanded compliments of the sort that exuberant Yanks routinely misread); see the prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38383641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38383641
- gwern 3y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-alt... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38378216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38378216