Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI • Hacker News Board

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by iLoveOncall » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:20 AM UTC

ZephyrBlu wrote: post #180

iLoveOncall wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brockman did not get fired from his job at the company, only from his position as chairman of the board. Did nobody read this damn article? It's 5 paragraphs long, take 1 minute.

He quit bro: https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559

Ah alright thanks, it was not one of the 3 names mentioned here so it confused me.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by NKosmatos » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:21 AM UTC

keiferski wrote: post #169

urbandw311er wrote: post #158

Just seen their departure tweets (link below) What’s with this annoying trend of omitting capital letters from comms? https://x.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559?s=20

Glad I’m not the only one who finds this irritating. I once applied to a job and the manager replied using all lower case letters. I guess he was trying to seem cool and approachable, but to me it just reads as unprofessional. I find it hard to take a piece of writing seriously when it’s formatted that way.

Oh that’s great, we’re more who find such kind of writing unprofessional. Especially spelling errors in CVs, formatting errors in documents/presentations, one sentence paragraphs and similar kind of things.

It might indicate intelligence and people who are extra busy, thus not wasting their time, but depending on the position and circumstances a nicely written text is essential.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by wojciechpolak » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:21 AM UTC

Meanwhile, in the parallel universe, they founded a new company with Sam and Greg, and Apple entered the scene as a significant partner or investor.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by miohtama » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:22 AM UTC

xyst wrote: post #10

2024 for OpenAI is looking bleak.

The world needs more truly open source AI models where the success and outcomes do not depend on a single figurehead or a corporation.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by miohtama » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:23 AM UTC

huytersd wrote: post #16

dschuetz wrote: post #13

Are those the first cracks in the AI market bubble?

Is it a bubble if it’s useful and I use it dozens of time a day?

Electric cars are useful as well, but still, most electric car startups are -90% down from the peak. A financial bubble does not mean the underlying product is bad.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by iExploder » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:24 AM UTC

urbandw311er wrote: post #158

Just seen their departure tweets (link below) What’s with this annoying trend of omitting capital letters from comms? https://x.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559?s=20

capital letters at the beginning of a sentence are deprecated, as they offer no tactical or semantic advantage. worse yet, they break the flow and consistency of written text.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by croes » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:24 AM UTC

aidaman wrote: post #159

silviot wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm trying to read and reread this over and over again to make sense of this but to me it sounds like in the comments people speak as if Greg brockman resigned while in the article he is not amongst the three names who resigned. What am I missing here?

he resigned earlier. google it. or bing it. or chatgpt it.

ChatGPT doesn't know recent events

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by system2 » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:24 AM UTC

urbandw311er wrote: post #158

Just seen their departure tweets (link below) What’s with this annoying trend of omitting capital letters from comms? https://x.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559?s=20

They think they are being cute and cool. "Look I am sloppy and don't care how others perceive me".

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by riverdweller » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:25 AM UTC

If the speculation that the board want to open up everything so that it is truly open/public domain "for the benefit of humanity" turns out to be accurate, I can't see Microsoft being terribly happy about this now that they own 49% of OpenAI and want not only to recoup their investments but make ongoing profit.

An exodus of staff might provoke a very quick release of a lot of code, pipelines, and training data by the remaining board before investors' lawyers have a chance to stop it.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by croes » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 9:26 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #27

Makes me wonder whether to keep building upon OpenAI? Given that they have an API and it takes effort to build on that vs. something else. I am small fry but maybe other people are wondering the same? Can they give reassurances about their products going into the future?

>Can they give reassurances about their products going into the future

They wouldn't have been able to do that even before Sam's dismissal