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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 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/1849056/000110465921...

I think someone made a mistake. Also, from looking at the sig page the signing parties are others...

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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?

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

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.

He thinks Worldcoin is a great idea.

It's a bad execution for a wholesome, world helping, idea.

It’s a bad solution for the wrong problem

You are very perspicacious if you managed to figure that out after a single chat.

Chats + Many emails

He always helped when I ping'd him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thank you for everything Sam.

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.

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.

> 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-9e43-36fbd1e20...

[2] https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-un...

[3] https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-int...

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