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DanGPhoton on Oct 9, 2015 | parent | favorite | on: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

Hi @sama. Are there any technologies that you would not consider funding?

sama on Oct 9, 2015

We will not invest in something that we think will be bad for the world even if we think it will make lots of money.

vasilipupkin on Oct 9, 2015

Amen to that.

bryang on Oct 9, 2015

Like lightsabers?

ChicagoBoy11 on Oct 9, 2015

He said "bad for the world", not "the most amazing thing the world has ever seen." :-)

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