Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board

Post by lobsterthief » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:26 PM UTC

jurgenaut23 wrote: post #661

jwmoz wrote: post #636

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The model is so far forward it refuses to do anything for you anymore and simply replies with "let me google that for you"

Well, I think that, despite being a joke, your comment is deeper than it looks like. As model capabilities increase, the likelihood that they interfere with the instructions that we provide increases as well. It’s really like hiring someone really smart on your team: you cannot expect them to be taking orders without ever discussing them, like your average employee would do. That’s actually a feature, not a bug, but…

Post by NiteOwl066 » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

irthomasthomas wrote: post #589

Although we have, as yet, no idea what he was actually refering to, I believe the source of the tension may be related to the statements Sam made the night before he was fired. "I think this is going to be the greatest leap forward that we've had yet so far, and the greatest leap forward of any of the big technological revolutions we've had so far. so i'm super excited, i can't imagine anything more exciting to work…

Post by JonChesterfield » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:39 PM UTC

andy_ppp wrote: post #681

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23982046/sam-altman-inte... Thought this was an interesting interview. I do love how politicians use an investigation to not answer questions, the board said he was “not consistently candid” and given the opening question of “why were you fired?” still not being clearly answered, you’d have to agree with their initial assessment. I’m not sure I trust someone who has tried to set up…

Post by kranke155 » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:48 PM UTC

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As Sam said they are still trying to work out how they are going to work together. He may be in the leadership team once those discussions have concluded

To me the way it's formulated in the press release sounds a lot like what is usually said of someone on the road to a "distinguished engineering fellow" role - lots of respect, opportunity to command enough resources to do meaningful work, but no managerial or leadership responsibilities.

Post by mvc » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 3:08 PM UTC

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If employees would have voted Sam out, you'd take that as a shiny example of the proletariat exercising the power for the good of human kind, hammer, sickle and all that. I always find it funny when people understand democracy to mean "other people that should vote my way, otherwise they are imoral and should be re-educated".

First, I'm actually quite libertarian and capitalist -- although not necessarily so when it comes to companies working on powerful AI (or fighter jets for that matter). Here are some comments of mine from other discussions if you don't believe me: * Expressing skepticism about unions in Sweden -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38308184 * Arguing against central planning, with a link to a book detailing how soci…