Waiting for the timeline where he both tries to return as CEO and take the job at MS.
Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO
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#12>we are all going to work together some way or other, and i’m so excited.
I think this means Sam is pushing for OpenAI to be acquired by Microsoft officially now, instead of just unofficially poaching everyone.
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#13I couldn’t make up a more ridiculous plot even if I tried.
At this rate I wouldn’t be surprised if Musk got involved. It’s already ridiculous enough, why not.
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#14Remaining curious how D’Angelo has escaped scrutiny over his apparent conflict of interests and as the “independent” board member with a clear commercial board background.
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#15So, is the pressure of 700/770 employees enough to crack the board? What a wild timeline.
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#16A few things come to mind: * Emmett Shear should have put in a strong golden parachute in his contract, easy money if so * Yesterday we had Satya the genius forcing the board to quit. This morning it was Satya the genius who acquired OpenAI for $0. Im sure there will be more if sama goes back. So if sama goes back - lets hear it, why is Satya a genius?
I believe a precondition for Sam and Greg returning to OpenAI is that the board gets restructured (decelerationists culled). That is probably good for MSFT.
truly a Win-Win-Win-Win-Win situation for MSFT
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#17I'm very unclear on how board members can remove other board members. If Sam, Greg and Ilya are on the same "team" now that's 3.... vs. 3. What's the mechanism at use here for board removal and how quickly does it happen? And who elects the board members. This is silly.
Board members can remove other board members with a majority vote.
Sam, Greg, and Ilya were presumed guaranteed to be the same team, which meant they couldn't be removed (3/6 votes).
Ilya switched sides to align with all 3 of the non-founding board members, giving them 4/6 votes, which they used to remove Sam and Greg.
Now that they've been removed, there's 4 remaining board members: the non-founding 3 and Ilya. They'll need 3/4 votes to reorganize the board.
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#18As of 10am PT, 700 of 770 employees have signed the call for board resignation. [1]
[1] https://twitter.com/joannejang/status/1726667504133808242
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#19I'm very unclear on how board members can remove other board members. If Sam, Greg and Ilya are on the same "team" now that's 3.... vs. 3. What's the mechanism at use here for board removal and how quickly does it happen? And who elects the board members. This is silly.
Sam and Greg are no longer on the board. They were removed with the support of Ilya. The board is now Ilya, the Quora CEO, and two other outsiders.
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#20I'm very unclear on how board members can remove other board members. If Sam, Greg and Ilya are on the same "team" now that's 3.... vs. 3. What's the mechanism at use here for board removal and how quickly does it happen? And who elects the board members. This is silly.
By pressuring them to resign.
The way things are looking, OpenAI won't exist next week if the board doesn't resign. Everyone will quit and join Sam.