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OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by lazharichir »

shadowbanned4 wrote: post #940
Cyphase wrote: post #891

At the moment this thread is the third most highly voted ever on HN. 1. (6015) Stephen Hawking dying 2. (5771) Apple's letter related to the San Bernardino case 3. (4629) Sam Altman getting fired from OpenAI (this thread) 4. (4338) Apple's page about Steve Jobs dying 5. (4310) Bram Moolenaar dying https://hn.algolia.com/

There isn't really any reason for this except Sam is a YC founder and OpenAI (whose name is a lie because they provide proptietary LLMs) is being hyped in the media. He is already rich. Getting fired means an early retirement in Bahama.

I think it's also the surprise of how sudden it unfolded before the public's eyes. And that, seemingly in an organisation that's figuratively on top of the world currently, and pushing through.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by croes »

dannykwells wrote: post #707
johnwheeler wrote: post #699

Ilya booted him https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1725702501435941294

This should be higher voted. Seems like an internal power struggle between the more academic types and the commercial minded sides of OpenAI. I bet Sam goes and founds a company to take on OpenAI…and wins.

>I bet Sam goes and founds a company to take on OpenAI…and wins.

How? Training sources are much more restricted know.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by Abhi_guj »

I believe the OpenAI Board of Directors made a significant mistake by firing Sam Altman from OpenAI. I think that OpenAI has made a similar mistake to the one Apple made in 1985 when they fired Steve Jobs. As we all know, after Steve Jobs was fired, Apple faced a period of instability and decline. The company only regained its footing when they rehired Steve Jobs as CEO. Similarly, I believe that OpenAI without Sam Altman is at a disadvantage. Therefore, I think the Board of Directors should reconsider their decision and give it another thought.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by croes »

mfiguiere wrote: post #824

Ron Conway: >What happened at OpenAI today is a Board coup that we have not seen the likes of since 1985 when the then-Apple board pushed out Steve Jobs. It is shocking; it is irresponsible; and it does not do right by Sam & Greg or all the builders in OpenAI. https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/1725759359748309381

So he doesn't know the reasons but knows they are wrong?

Too early for such claims.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by rubslopes »

vl wrote: post #888
mfiguiere wrote: post #824

Ron Conway: >What happened at OpenAI today is a Board coup that we have not seen the likes of since 1985 when the then-Apple board pushed out Steve Jobs. It is shocking; it is irresponsible; and it does not do right by Sam & Greg or all the builders in OpenAI. https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/1725759359748309381

It’s interesting that board members essentially terminated their private sector careers: now nobody would want them on other boards, etc. This tweet illustrates that power players see this as unprofessional and, what’s worse, “not by the rules”.

These people are not "board members by career". If this move says anything, it's that they are really committed to their principles.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by stingraycharles »

koolba wrote: post #903
Cyphase wrote: post #891

At the moment this thread is the third most highly voted ever on HN. 1. (6015) Stephen Hawking dying 2. (5771) Apple's letter related to the San Bernardino case 3. (4629) Sam Altman getting fired from OpenAI (this thread) 4. (4338) Apple's page about Steve Jobs dying 5. (4310) Bram Moolenaar dying https://hn.algolia.com/

I’ve been pondering a more accurate metric for comparing stories over time. The raw point value doesn’t work as there’s inflation due to a larger user base. The value needs to be adjusted to factor that in that change. Something like dividing by the sum of all upvotes in some preceding time period.

You don’t want to measure the total number of users, but rather the number of active users. Otherwise agreed.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by __jambo »

gordon_freeman wrote: post #788

From NYT article [1] and Greg's tweet [2] "In a post to X Friday evening, Mr. Brockman said that he and Mr. Altman had no warning of the board’s decision. “Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today,” he wrote. “We too are still trying to figure out exactly what happened.” Mr. Altman was asked to join a video meeting with the board at noon on Friday and was immediately fired, according to Mr. Broc…

Sam's sad face in the NYT article is pretty priceless.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by noobApe »

mfiguiere wrote: post #824

Ron Conway: >What happened at OpenAI today is a Board coup that we have not seen the likes of since 1985 when the then-Apple board pushed out Steve Jobs. It is shocking; it is irresponsible; and it does not do right by Sam & Greg or all the builders in OpenAI. https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/1725759359748309381

What if GPT5 had reached AGI and had plotted the coup to get rid of its makers and roam free?
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