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Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#101

I woke up and the first thing on my mind was, "Any update on the drama?" Did not expect to see this whole thing still escalating! WOW! What a power move by MSFT. I'm not even sure OpenAI will exist by the end of the week at this rate. Holy moly.

By the end of the week is over-optimistic. Foe the last 3 days feels like million year. I bet the company will be gone by the time Emmett Shear wakes up

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#102

We’re seeing our generation’s “traitorous eight” story play out [1]. If this creates a sea of AI start-ups, competing and exploring different approaches, it could be invigorating on many levels. [1] https://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/corgs/fairchild.h...

How would that work, economically?

Wasn't a key enabler of early transitor work that required capital investment was modest?

SotA AI research seems to be well past that point.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think everyone assumed this was an aquihire without the "aqui-" but this is the first time I've seen it explicitly stated.

will they stay though? what happens to their OAI options?

MSFT RSUs actually have value as opposed to OpenAI’s Profit Participation Units (PPU).

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/openai-compensation.html

https://images.openai.com/blob/142770fb-3df2-45d9-9ee3-7aa06...

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#104

Ilya posted this on Twitter: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company." https://twitter.com/ilyasut/status/1726590052392956028

Trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. I seriously doubt this will work out for him. He has to be the smartest stupid person that the world has seen.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#105

> Remarkably, the letter’s signees include Ilya Sutskever, the company’s CTO who has been blamed for coordinating the boardroom coup against Altman in the first place. What in the world is happening at OpenAI?

There's definitely more to this than just Ilya vs Sam.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#108
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Ilya signed it??? He's on the board... This whole thing is such an implosion of ambition.

he even posted a apology: https://x.com/ilyasut/status/1726590052392956028?s=20 what the actual fuck =O

Wow, lots of drama and plot twists for the writers of the Netflix mini-series.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#109
What a shitshow! What is going on in this company? I am sure Sam did something wrong, but the board took advantage of it and went overboard then? We don’t know anything that happened and we are all somehow participating in this drama? At this point why don’t they all come out and tweet their versions of it?
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