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I stand corrected. I still despise the HN policy of "no criticism of tech CEOs" whether official or otherwise. Try to say something bad about Steve Jobs? Nah

by nvy 2y ago

I stand corrected. I still despise the HN policy of "no criticism of tech CEOs" whether official or otherwise. Try to say something bad about Steve Jobs? Nah that's not "curious conversation". Whatever.

FreakLegion 2y ago
It wasn't flagged for being critical of Altman, though. There are long, critical discussions of Altman here all the time. It was flagged because Gary Marcus is fast descending into provocateur-ish nutterdom and the article is, quite simply, poorly constructed rage bait. About your own two downvoted posts: They probably aren't downvoted for the reasons you think! Your opinions are pretty widely shared here. A lot of people agree with you about the copyright issue, about the farcical non-openness of OpenAI, and about the environmental stakes. It's the other bits (insults, complaints about moderation) we can do without.
- nvy 2y ago
  The faux-politeness is one of the reasons HN has a reputation for being arrogant and aloof. I think Sam is a bad person who deserves to be insulted. I prefer to call a spade a spade.
  - kernel1 2y ago
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