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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by kidme5 on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @01:59PM (#40720447)
This may give some insight on the creepiness you sense, it involves DARPA https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-ma...
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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by kidme5 on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @02:03PM (#40720484)
The idea that "DARPA is incompetent" because they promote hair-brained ideas, is one of their biggest ruses. Of course they're competent.

Corollary: Elon Musk https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1dgyujd/comment/l8...

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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by CRConrad on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @02:26AM (#40725417)
> The idea that "DARPA is incompetent" because they promote hair-brained ideas

Hare-brained. It refers not to hair on the brain, but to hares not being the world's smartest animals.

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Re:Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its c... by fsmv on Saturday June 22, 2024 @10:05AM (#40759241)
What even is this? People reading conspiracy theories from a chatbot spouting random garbage?
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