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Sam Altman's sister files lawsuits against Sam alleging sexual abuse
- ripped_britches 2y agoHow is this flagged??? I read HN every day and follow openai closely. So surprised it took me 2 days later to find this only by searching deliberately for it. I have read the comments about users flagging it, but I think this one deserves an override because it is extremely relevant that a CEO of a top tech company is involved. If this was Nadella or Musk I think it would be unflagged, no? I have seen more discussion this week on HN about Mangione than this.
- zvaerg 2y ago[dead]
- leotravis10 2y agoHere's the report from 2023 that eventually triggered the lawsuit: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QDczBduZorG4dxZiW/sam-altman-s-sister-annie-altman-claims-sam-has-severely https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QDczBduZorG4dxZiW/sam-altman... Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38311509 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38311509 I believe everything Annie says here.
- emptiestplace 2y ago> I believe everything Annie says here. How is this relevant?
- coding123 2y agoBecause if true it is not appropriate for him to be running OpenAI.?!?
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- andrewinardeer 2y agoDo you seriously believe that Sam organised her shadowbanning on all platforms except Pornhub and OnlyFans?
- spockswrench 2y agoYes, he has that kind of pull. Look at how both the HN articles got flagged. Tons of people here defending him for some reason. OpenAI is a YC company after all.
- leotravis10 2y agoYes I do as Sam does have the influence and power to do such things. There's a major reason why pieces and articles like this one gets censored a whole lot.
- dang 2y agoI don't know about other forums but I can tell you that Sam has had nothing to do with this on HN. I know that because I'm making the decisions and have had no interaction with Sam about it—or anyone else, for that matter, besides the commenters that I've replied to in these threads and an emailer I just spent the better part of an hour replying to. The reason this story is getting flagged on HN (or censored, if you like - people mean whatever they want by that word) is that the community is rejecting it as off topic. Mods aren't deranking it.
- spockswrench 2y agoYou don't need to have interactions with Sam "about it" to have a vested interest in burying this story, which is exactly what you have allowed to happen.
- dang 2y agoI haven't buried this story. The users who flagged it are doing that. The data suggests they're doing that in good faith, as I've explained in several posts (for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42639323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42639323). It's true that we (i.e. the moderators) sometimes turn flags off on a story, but we only do that when there's enough information in the story to support an intellectually interesting discussion, at least potentially. I don't believe that's the case here, and not because of Sam; the decision would be the same if you replaced his name with anyone else's. The "vested interest" here is not in protecting any person, it's in protecting HN for its intended purpose. I realize that not everyone agrees and not everyone likes this, but that's also the way HN works. Nobody, including me, gets all the threads they want on the frontpage.
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- dang 2y agoUsers flagged it. Moderators didn't do any moderation on it.
- spockswrench 2y agoIn the past haven’t you disabled flags on posts where YC has a vested interest? This is a big story with no HN post now.
- ClassyJacket 2y agoMy sister abused me (emotionally mostly, but occasionally hitting me or throwing water on me) for years growing up and lies about it to this day. People lie about this shit even when they have nothing to gain but attention. This woman may very well be telling the truth, but she very well may be just trying to get a piece of the pie now that he's insanely rich. Don't just jump on board with the cancellation mob. Let the court do its job.
- spockswrench 2y agoShould we believe you that your sister abused you? How is your claim different from Annie’s?
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- spockswrench 2y agoSam Altman has behaved unethically for a very long time. There’s a good reason people are anti-Sam.
- ilikehurdles 2y ago[flagged]
- spockswrench 2y agoI don’t understand this response.
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- ChrisArchitect 2y agoRelated: Sam Altman responds to his sister's claim of sexual abuse https://twitter.com/sama/status/1876780763653263770 https://twitter.com/sama/status/1876780763653263770 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42630067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42630067)
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