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Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Feels like OpenAI employees aren't so enthused about joining MSFT here, no?

Sam starts a new company, they quit OpenAI to join, he fires them months later when the auto complete hype dies out. I don't understand this cult of personality.

just picturing you in the 80's waiting for the digital folder and filing cabinet hype to die out.

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Musk doesn't like the ADL. Media are spinning this as "anti-semitic," hoping the emotions around the issues will prevent most people from reading carefully.

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Wait just a minute here:

> The tweet literally blames immigrants

I'm not familiar with the tweet Musk was referencing. Exactly which immigrants? Are these Jewish immigrants? I thought this was a reference to mostly non-Jewish immigrants to Israel.

> I'm deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don't exactly like them too much. You want truth said to your face, there it is.

This also indicates the immigrants are non-Jewish. Exactly what is the "anti-semitism" here?

This is flagrantly antisemitic and pushes multiple bigoted conspiracy theories.

What conspiracy theory, exactly?

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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There's a non-zero chance he was also used as a pawn to deliver the message, but who could be manipulating him then? There's so little actual detail give by anyone in the loop and I think that's what's amplifying the drama so much. Even if the board's motive was weak and unconvincing, I doubt the ratio of employees threatening to quit would be this high had they just said it openly.

Somebody is using a guy with a 160 IQ as a pawn? I for one would like to subscribe to that person's newsletter.

High IQ isn't a superpower. Highly intelligent people can still be misled in many possible ways. Although we still have no idea what actually happened so this is all speculation.

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Matt Rife looks like a good fit to play Altman

Why not deepfake the real people into their roles? I think it would hold up in US court for documentaries.

“We didn’t steal your likeness! We just scraped images that were already freely available on the internet!”

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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As of 10am PT, 700 of 770 employees have signed the call for board resignation. [1] [1] https://twitter.com/joannejang/status/1726667504133808242

Apparently Sam isn't in the Microsoft employee directly yet, so he isn't technically hired at all. Seems like he loses a bit of leverage over the board if they think he & Microsoft are actually bluffing and the employment announcement was just a way to pressure the board into resigning.

He will most likely join M$ if the board does not resign, because there is no better move to him then. But he leaves time to the board to see it, adding pressure together with the empoyees. It does not mean he is bluffing (what would be a better move in this case instead?)

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Please can anyone give their opinion on this.

There's a real chance OpenAI might die soon. imo if they are left with 10 people and no funding, they should just release their IP and datasets to the public.

I've built a petition around this - [link redacted]

The idea is that the leftover leadership sees and considers this as a viable option. Does this sound like a possible scenario or Am I dreaming too much?

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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As of 10am PT, 700 of 770 employees have signed the call for board resignation. [1] [1] https://twitter.com/joannejang/status/1726667504133808242

I wonder if there's an outcome where Microsoft just _buys_ the for-profit LLC and gives OpenAi an endowment that will last them for 100 years if they just want to do academic research.

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Wouldn’t this leave Satya in a really bad position? He just announced to much fanfare that Altman was joining MS.

"We are really excited to work with Sam, OpenAI 2.0, the team and the new board of directors who we strongly believe will achieve great things in partnership with Microsoft. We've already signed new deals to strengthen this relationship and more details will be coming soon."

- Satya (probably)

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Given 90%, including leadership, seems a bad career move for remaining people not to sign, even if you agreed with the board's action.

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I'm no fan of rich people as a principle given they suck wealth from the poor and Smaug the money away like the narcissists they are, but this is the definition of that horrible cancel culture. She's accused him which isn't something the public should act upon. If proven, then it's appropriate to form that negative opinion.

Re: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Essentially Jewish folk are treating white people like the Jews have been treated throughout history and the suffering Jews are experiencing is a result of letting in "hordes of minorities". It's just typical antisemitic nonsense.

I don’t get it - aren’t Jews considered white?

I assume ADL considers “white” an euphemism for “Aryans”, in this case.
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