My understanding is dang has said in the past they do some anti moderation(I’m sure he has a better term) for posts related to ycombinator. That is to say they moderate less and might, do not quote me here, even boost a tad. So upvoted story by a well reputed source even without many comments is likely to hang onto the front page for a bit.
Despite not publicly moving away from what has been said about Sam*
Jessica Livingston's personal stake in OpenAI is maybe at most 0.1% or less and Paul Graham's, afaik, is 0.
So the bias doesn't seem as large as OP thinks
*https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/2041366050693173393
And "toughness, adaptability, and determination" >>> "ambition", frankly
I feel the need to remark on the context of that "toughness, adaptability, and determination" descriptor for those who might not click through:
>I'm also tired of people misrepresenting that quote about parachuting him into an island full of cannibals. I didn't mean anything sinister by it
That's a line written for a hapless character on a sitcom. That ain't exactly an endorsement that instills confidence.
What is 0.1% of a trillion? I think that's quite a large number still.
Seems to be an unusually quiet post for something posted 3 hours ago.
My understanding is dang has said in the past they do some anti moderation(I’m sure he has a better term) for posts related to ycombinator. That is to say they moderate less and might, do not quote me here, even boost a tad. So upvoted story by a well reputed source even without many comments is likely to hang onto the front page for a bit.
Do you have something to say about it?