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You know he got fired from Y-combinator right? It was a direct order from Paul Graham. He keeps mum about it but I have trusted sources who know the truth. Add

You know he got fired from Y-combinator right? It was a direct order from Paul Graham. He keeps mum about it but I have trusted sources who know the truth. Additionally, it's sort of public knowledge: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-alt... I don't have a full view into exactly why he was fired from both OpenAI and Y-combinator. But from what I hear the reasoning is a bit similar. Sam Altman is a bit of a political snake. He lacks ethics and he's not honest either. The last part is just me speculating on a lot of the anecdotes from quips I've heard over the years from people who know Sam. Sams public persona is very different. And I think a lot of HN viewers worship that public persona. But Sam being a darling of the HN and Ycombinator themselves? No way. They fired him so it's unlikely.

bitcharmer 3y ago
I never said anything about Y Combinator. Only that recently HN felt like Sam Altman's circle jerk. It was surreal to read some comments praising him.
- rightbyte 3y ago
  Ye it was really strange. And the simultaneous "outrage" on some Twitter users. The praise felt very artificial. But the drama was real.
- mi_lk 3y ago
  the overwhelming support of him across HN/Twitter (circle jerk) really rubs me the wrong way and I just can't take Sam Altman seriously anymore
- corethree 3y ago
  You know HN is ycombinator right? That when you come to this site you have to type in the words ycombinator for the url right? You said Sam is HNs darling. That's different from saying HN viewers. So you literally did not say what you said here.
  - bitcharmer 3y ago
    > You know HN is ycombinator right? Nope, this is wrong. HN is a site run by Y Combinator and heavily moderated but the comments are coming from the site's users and not Y Combinator itself
    - corethree 3y ago
      Well if you want to be this pedantic. How can a website have opinions? You most obviously must be referring to the owners of the website. Or are you referring to the comments? Because both the users and the owners of said website have vastly different opinions here. Additionally at one point Sam Altman was literally a "darling" for the company, before he got fired. Your statement is ambigiuose and therefore wrong.

bitcharmer 3y ago

I never said anything about Y Combinator. Only that recently HN felt like Sam Altman's circle jerk. It was surreal to read some comments praising him.

rightbyte 3y ago
Ye it was really strange. And the simultaneous "outrage" on some Twitter users. The praise felt very artificial. But the drama was real.
mi_lk 3y ago
the overwhelming support of him across HN/Twitter (circle jerk) really rubs me the wrong way and I just can't take Sam Altman seriously anymore
corethree 3y ago
You know HN is ycombinator right? That when you come to this site you have to type in the words ycombinator for the url right? You said Sam is HNs darling. That's different from saying HN viewers. So you literally did not say what you said here.
- bitcharmer 3y ago
  > You know HN is ycombinator right? Nope, this is wrong. HN is a site run by Y Combinator and heavily moderated but the comments are coming from the site's users and not Y Combinator itself
  - corethree 3y ago
    Well if you want to be this pedantic. How can a website have opinions? You most obviously must be referring to the owners of the website. Or are you referring to the comments? Because both the users and the owners of said website have vastly different opinions here. Additionally at one point Sam Altman was literally a "darling" for the company, before he got fired. Your statement is ambigiuose and therefore wrong.