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Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Re: Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Post by iwontberude »

bartread wrote: post #3

I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…

If the employees truly came together to collectively bargain why wouldn’t they unionize at the same time to protect against similar abuses by the board in the future?

Re: Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Post by jrussino »

From the article:

> Two YC partners sat Altman down last year “and told him, ‘Slow down, chill out!’ ” another partner, Jonathan Levy, told me. “Sam said, ‘Yes, you’re right!’—and went off and did something else on the side that we didn’t know about for a while.”

Seems consistent with the original "leadership transition" announcement:

> Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board

Has any more detail surfaced since then about what specific information he (allegedly) withheld from the board?

Re: Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Post by leesec »

mymusewww wrote: post #4
bartread wrote: post #3

I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…

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If it's so easy you should go become one.

Re: Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Post by akamaka »

denverllc wrote: post #7
bartread wrote: post #3

I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…

If I were an OpenA employee, I too would come out for Sam Altman. Why? The board was reckless. They couldn’t point to anything that he had done to warrant this, and went radio silent after their decision. Sam seems shrewd. I know the value of my shares will go up with him. So I’d vote for him. That wouldn’t mean I like him or support him, just that I’d be voting in my own best interest.

I would be incredibly embarrassed about this if I were an OpenAI employee. Instead of making a statement of the broader principles they stand for and supporting a process of reconciling the differences between the board of directors, they abandoned any independence and rushed to daddy Microsoft to fix the problem for them.

Re: Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Post by maxglute »

denverllc wrote: post #7
bartread wrote: post #3

I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…

If I were an OpenA employee, I too would come out for Sam Altman. Why? The board was reckless. They couldn’t point to anything that he had done to warrant this, and went radio silent after their decision. Sam seems shrewd. I know the value of my shares will go up with him. So I’d vote for him. That wouldn’t mean I like him or support him, just that I’d be voting in my own best interest.

> I know the value of my shares will go up with him.

I haven't followed the situation as closely as others, but it does seem like board structured to not have 7 figure cheques to undermine safety incentive seemingly willing to let openAI burn out of dogma. Employees want their 7 figure cheques, their interests aligned with larger powers with 10 figures on the line. Reporting so far have felt biased accordingly.

Re: Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny (2016)

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Post by neom »

mymusewww wrote: post #4
bartread wrote: post #3

I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…

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