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Re: The Zulip Foundation

#11

Post by palata »

nicholasjbs wrote: post #4
csb6 wrote: post #3

> Over the last few months, I’ve been reflecting deeply on the myriad ways in which AI is changing the world, and how it might change the world in the future. And I came to the conclusion that it’s vitally important that we navigate this strange adolescence of technology well, and that I should contribute to this cause more directly than I ever could as the CEO of Kandra Labs. The compensation for a senior developer…

I've known Tim personally for over a decade. I'm certain that he's not doing this because he wants more money.

> I'm certain that he's not doing this because he wants more money.

There are many reasons to change job. The pay is always one of them (if you don't work for money, it's not called a job, is it?).

> join Anthropic because of its remarkable commitment to the responsible development of AI for the long-term benefit of humanity.

Obviously, it's better to believe that what Anthropic is doing is good for humanity when you decide to go working for them. But it is at the very least debatable.

Re: The Zulip Foundation

#12

Post by tiffanyh »

> I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation

Not trying to be cynical … but announcing on a Friday afternoon is typically the operating mode for when you need to announce something that you do not want to get noticed.

I can only speculate this weeks Bun/Rust news might have played into how this Zulip news is being handled.

To be clear, excited for Tim & team.

Re: The Zulip Foundation

#13

Post by cptskippy »

shimman wrote: post #6
Etheryte wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked in the FOSS space for roughly half a decade. Comments like this are easy to make and also add absolutely no value whatsoever. If you actually feel strongly about it, do the work yourself, no one is stopping you.

They are doing work, they're advocating for what they believe in. Consumers of FOSS deserve to have a voice too.

I think the op was suggesting the contribute to FOSS rather than shaming people who have contributed greatly for not contributing more.

Re: The Zulip Foundation

#14

Post by JoshTriplett »

tiffanyh wrote: post #12

> I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation Not trying to be cynical … but announcing on a Friday afternoon is typically the operating mode for when you need to announce something that you do not want to get noticed. I can only speculate this weeks Bun/Rust news mi…

Speaking as someone on the new board of directors: the intention here was more like "Friday is a good deadline for when we'll have the paperwork done and the announcements ready", nothing more. ;)

Re: The Zulip Foundation

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Post by conorbergin »

I've only used Zulip when checking out the Lean Zulip a few years ago, and I thought it was an infinitely better interface than Discord for serious discussion, and also much easier for lurkers to find information. I wish more projects adopted it.

Re: The Zulip Foundation

#19

Post by xiaoyu2006 »

> I’m stepping back from Zulip to join Anthropic because of its remarkable commitment to the responsible development of AI for the long-term benefit of humanity.

I cannot quite agree to this. But nonetheless I wish good luck to the Zulip project.

Re: The Zulip Foundation

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Post by csb6 »

nicholasjbs wrote: post #4
csb6 wrote: post #3

> Over the last few months, I’ve been reflecting deeply on the myriad ways in which AI is changing the world, and how it might change the world in the future. And I came to the conclusion that it’s vitally important that we navigate this strange adolescence of technology well, and that I should contribute to this cause more directly than I ever could as the CEO of Kandra Labs. The compensation for a senior developer…

I've known Tim personally for over a decade. I'm certain that he's not doing this because he wants more money.

If he thinks working for Anthropic is a good "cause" to devote his time to then that is also very disappointing. That would make him either very delusional as to the effects of Anthropic's work or naive in what he can achieve as their employee.
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