There seems to be some mysterious method by which negative OpenAI comments and stories get downranked. The story ChrisArchitect links is missing at https://news.ycombinator.com/news?p=2 -- it appears to be outranked by other stories which are both older and have fewer upvotes.
dang says: "The only thing we care about is not having tedious internet indignation dominating HN threads—and boy has there been a lot of that on OpenAI lately."
Also: "there are a few people who aren't mods in the sense of working for YC but whom you could call mods in the sense that they have some limited moderation abilities, one of which is to mark subthreads as offtopic or generic"
It's 'off the front page' because it's old news. 700+ people upvoted on it and commented on it. Lots of eyeballs. Lots of discussion. Over there. Just try and keep the discussion together.
>The importance of public critique & awareness of OpenAI's leadership should go beyond the interests of YC.
"Should" is doing a lot of heavy lifting; YC is ultimately about getting rich, and unfortunately there are a lot of pro-Altman types 'round these parts who share that "wealth at all costs" mentality.
You gotta hand it to him, most big tech bigwigs do a good job pretending to be soft-spoken thought leaders. It takes a special kind of narcissist to insist on destroying their own image early.
0xDEAFBEAD|1 year ago
dang has confirmed this happened in the past, but hasn't provided details. See this discussion I had with him 6 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342850
I'm currently composing an email to dang requesting some transparency.
0xDEAFBEAD|1 year ago
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dang says: "The only thing we care about is not having tedious internet indignation dominating HN threads—and boy has there been a lot of that on OpenAI lately."
Also: "there are a few people who aren't mods in the sense of working for YC but whom you could call mods in the sense that they have some limited moderation abilities, one of which is to mark subthreads as offtopic or generic"
ChrisArchitect|1 year ago
jjulius|1 year ago
"Should" is doing a lot of heavy lifting; YC is ultimately about getting rich, and unfortunately there are a lot of pro-Altman types 'round these parts who share that "wealth at all costs" mentality.
I'll take my downvotes.
WhackyIdeas|1 year ago
So basically Altman is a dishonest pos. Will fit right in with much of Silicon Valley then.
…power and greed seems to get into all of their heads. Next thing they are part of an NSA Prism program so they can feel like spies too.
talldayo|1 year ago