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I think these types of posts are extremely nitpicky and not useful. From my experience, these sort of SEC filings are compiled by associates in a biglaw firm un

by diziet 2y ago

I think these types of posts are extremely nitpicky and not useful. From my experience, these sort of SEC filings are compiled by associates in a biglaw firm under a lot of time pressure, with file names like "version 41.B FINAL EDIT". Things get lost in translation. The signing off parties on the document are not sama: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000110465921035909/tm218987-1_s1.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000110465921... I think someone made a mistake. Also, from looking at the sig page the signing parties are others...

rasengan 2y ago
I had the opportunity to chat with Sam, and I would say that the majority of publicly written opinion about him is false. He’s a pretty genuine guy with a lot of advice and wisdom. He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type — someone who helps people become whole. I felt like OpenAI and the sector in general made a lot of sense — now he can help everyone in the world. As for the issue at hand, for one it’s doubtful he prepared this, but moreover, I have seen quite a many resumes in my day and not one wasn’t padded so to speak.
- louwrentius 2y ago
  He thinks Worldcoin is a great idea.
  - rasengan 2y ago
    It's a bad execution for a wholesome, world helping, idea.
    - nobutterbetter 2y ago
      [dead]
    - louwrentius 2y ago
      It’s a bad solution for the wrong problem
- LudwigNagasena 2y ago
  You are very perspicacious if you managed to figure that out after a single chat.
  - rasengan 2y ago
    Chats + Many emails He always helped when I ping'd him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thank you for everything Sam.
    - LudwigNagasena 2y ago
      It’s his job to build relationships and trade favors. I don’t see how it contradicts the majority of publicly written opinion about him.
      - frob 2y ago
        To be fair, Lord Rasengan is a sovereign head of the Joseon Empire cybernation according to their own bio, so Sam was just conducting international relations for openAI's next country to exploit. Be careful you don't anger Lord Rasengan; they could throw you in internet jail.
- mikae1 2y ago
  > He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type A capitalist is an owner of the means of production. It's as simple as that. I think Altman qualifies, especially to the African workers who make $1.50 an hour to get PTSD[1][2][3] in his AI sweatshops. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/ef42e78f-e578-450b-9e43-36fbd1e20d01 https://www.ft.com/content/ef42e78f-e578-450b-9e43-36fbd1e20... [2] https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/ https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-un... [3] https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-intelligence-data-notation-labor-scale-surge-remotasks-openai-chatbots https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-int...
gwern 2y ago
How does a mistake like that get made 3 or 4 years later when he was never the chair, and the only official source for that had been edited within days to remove that, and apparently there has never been a YC chair at all?
- diziet 2y ago
  I imagine the associates googled for it and repeated whichever source existed at that time.

by diziet 2y ago

rasengan 2y ago

I had the opportunity to chat with Sam, and I would say that the majority of publicly written opinion about him is false. He’s a pretty genuine guy with a lot of advice and wisdom. He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type — someone who helps people become whole. I felt like OpenAI and the sector in general made a lot of sense — now he can help everyone in the world. As for the issue at hand, for one it’s doubtful he prepared this, but moreover, I have seen quite a many resumes in my day and not one wasn’t padded so to speak.

louwrentius 2y ago
He thinks Worldcoin is a great idea.
- rasengan 2y ago
  It's a bad execution for a wholesome, world helping, idea.
  - nobutterbetter 2y ago
    [dead]
  - louwrentius 2y ago
    It’s a bad solution for the wrong problem
LudwigNagasena 2y ago
You are very perspicacious if you managed to figure that out after a single chat.
- rasengan 2y ago
  Chats + Many emails He always helped when I ping'd him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thank you for everything Sam.
  - LudwigNagasena 2y ago
    It’s his job to build relationships and trade favors. I don’t see how it contradicts the majority of publicly written opinion about him.
    - frob 2y ago
      To be fair, Lord Rasengan is a sovereign head of the Joseon Empire cybernation according to their own bio, so Sam was just conducting international relations for openAI's next country to exploit. Be careful you don't anger Lord Rasengan; they could throw you in internet jail.
mikae1 2y ago
> He definitely doesn’t come off as a capitalist but more of a helper type A capitalist is an owner of the means of production. It's as simple as that. I think Altman qualifies, especially to the African workers who make $1.50 an hour to get PTSD[1][2][3] in his AI sweatshops. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/ef42e78f-e578-450b-9e43-36fbd1e20d01 https://www.ft.com/content/ef42e78f-e578-450b-9e43-36fbd1e20... [2] https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/ https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-un... [3] https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-intelligence-data-notation-labor-scale-surge-remotasks-openai-chatbots https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-int...

gwern 2y ago

How does a mistake like that get made 3 or 4 years later when he was never the chair, and the only official source for that had been edited within days to remove that, and apparently there has never been a YC chair at all?

diziet 2y ago
I imagine the associates googled for it and repeated whichever source existed at that time.