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Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by famouswaffles »

FridgeSeal wrote: post #94
next_xibalba wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lolwut? Who is Jimmy Apples?

Don’t you know? Random twitter guy has thoughts on $Current_Event and a witty quip about the “vibes”. It’s crucial we post this without context to the discussion

Nobody knows who he is but this is the latest in a series of correct leaks he's made at Open AI for months now. Fair enough I didn't expand but "Jimmy Apples" of all people being unphased by this revelation that supposedly even Microsoft was unaware of is the funniest timeline.

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by hnthrowaway0315 »

duringmath wrote: post #121
hnthrowaway0315 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe non-profits are just frontends of some three letter agencies :)

You think too highly of the government

What if government is also some frontend?

Man I'm drunk in conspiracy theories tonight. Between a huge lay off and the Open AI fiasco please allow me indulge myself...

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by crop_rotation »

__loam wrote: post #117
lexandstuff wrote: post #62

What an unbelievable turn of events! To the outside observer, OpenAI is one of the most successful, well-oiled machines, shipping nearly weekly and doing an unbelievably good job marketing itself. Clearly, there's a lot of turmoil going on behind the scenes.

We don't really know anything about the internal finances at this point. The product is solid but who knows how fucked up things are. Maybe they were on track to run out of money. GPU compute ain't cheap.

None of that can be a reason for a step like this. OpenAI can easily charge much more for their products, and there is a market for even extremely high prices (even if not as big) and given this is a non profit, it doesn't even need to make billions of dollars in money.

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by w10-1 »

DavidSJ wrote: post #3

This suggests that Greg Brockman wasn't in the board meeting that made the decision, and only "learned the news" that he was off the board the same way the rest of us did.

Boards cannot meet or act without notice to board members and the opportunity for them to participate.

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by zapataband1 »

__loam wrote: post #103
hnthrowaway0315 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe non-profits are just frontends of some three letter agencies :)

Are we going to start speculating about insane conspiracy theories now?

CIA has been destabilizing and puppeteering governments around the world. Why are you so steadfastly assured that they wouldn't meddle in the US?

Not saying there is proof, but we just found out Ukraine blew up the Russian pipeline so it seems weird to just squash debate at the 'that's too crazy to ever happen'. Way crazier things have happened/are constantly happening.

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by crop_rotation »

andrewstuart wrote: post #125

Either the board will resign and Altman will return. Or Altman will start a competitor.

If non profit boards elect themselves, I see no reason for the board to resign, for half the board it is their biggest life accomplishment, and there is no shareholder to vote them out.

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by w10-1 »

runjake wrote: post #127

What’s the likelihood this is over a Microsoft acquisition? Purely speculative here, but Sam might have been a roadblock. Edit: Maybe this is a reasonable explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38312868 . The only other thing not considered is that Microsoft really enjoys having its brand on things.

Axios claims MS had no prior knowledge.

Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI

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Post by dragonwriter »

robswc wrote: post #55
dragonwriter wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was removed as Chairman of the Board but was allowed to remain in his other role as President reporting to the new acting CEO, but apparently wasn't interested. OTOH, I don't think it would surprise anyone that he would quit, and that may well have been the intent.

That's what I thought. OpenAI's statement implies he was aware of the demotion... but his statement seems to imply he wasn't. I guess the most likely situation is that they put out the press release, told him (or vice versa) and it took him a bit to decide to quit.

> OpenAI's statement implies he was aware of the demotion.

Maybe my experience with corporate communications is different, but all it implies to me is that he was not removed as President and was being permitted to stay on under the new CEO.

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