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So was all the speculation about Adam D'Angelo being the evil Poe mastermind just conjecture? Or is it true and Sam needs Adam for some dark alliance? Has the true backstory ever come out? Surely someone out of 770 people knows.
Getting fired and rehired throughout five days of history-making corporate incompetence, and Sam's letter is just telling everyone how great they are. Ha.
Is anyone feeling more comfortable about relying on OpenAI as a customer after this announcement?
Sam Altman: I recognize that during this process some questions were raised about Adam’s potential conflict of interest running Quora and Poe while being on the OpenAI Board. For the record, I want to state that Adam has always been very clear with me and the Board about the potential conflict and doing whatever he needed to do (recusing himself when appropriate and even offering to leave the Board if we ever thought…
That doesn't equate to having 'customer representation' that equates to 'Quora representation'. Customers are represented by a voice-of-the-customer board where many customers, large and small can be represented who then vote for a representative to the board. The board of the non-profit having a for-profit customer (and a large one at that) as a board member makes zero sense, that's just one more end-run around 'the…
So even if you maintain strict board control, the money people can still kick you out. Incredible!
The board could have stayed, they (and OpenAI) just had to bear with the consequences (i.e. all the employees leave). There are no board that can prevent employees from leaving, nor should there.
Getting fired and rehired throughout five days of history-making corporate incompetence, and Sam's letter is just telling everyone how great they are. Ha.
As he should, in his public communication. Talking bad about anyone would only reflect poorly on Sam. In private, I can only assume he’s a lot less diplomatic.
Sam Altman: I recognize that during this process some questions were raised about Adam’s potential conflict of interest running Quora and Poe while being on the OpenAI Board. For the record, I want to state that Adam has always been very clear with me and the Board about the potential conflict and doing whatever he needed to do (recusing himself when appropriate and even offering to leave the Board if we ever thought…
> The best interests of the company and the mission always come first.
That is absolutely not true for the nonprofit inc. The mission comes first. Full stop. The company (LLC) is a means to that end.
Very interested to see how this governance situation continues to change.