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Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by n_ary »

While I don’t know what is happening in OpenAI, from my experience(long enough to have an opinion), top people often leave when the employer is doing well or passing the last hurdle because, by that time the employer has gained adequate presence and brand identity that anyone leaving can immediately end up in top FAANG or equivalent Corps with much better benefits and of course pay/equity and other things.

Only time employees leaving is a bad sign had been when the company had been in zombie mode too long(few years) and haven’t delivered anything yet or still in alpha/beta stage with crappy deliveries no one is using or has no significant uptake.

Also, if there are financial difficulties, then a lot of people leave in droves and some actually come back after finances get better.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by Tohhou »

lazystar wrote: post #44
Tohhou wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You must not use AI if you think this. AI is not the bubble. Everything AI will replace is the bubble.

AI art is already boring. its all a fad, eventually the cracks start to show and you can't unsee those cracks. very similar to bitcoin. tbh.

You're one of the ones who used to call bitcoin "buttcoin" didn't you? Very sure of yourself, very wrong.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by Closi »

MattRix wrote: post #12
thr8976 wrote: post #4

Aleksander in particular is deeply invested in AI safety as a mission. It's a very confusing departure, since most of the reporting so far indicates that Ilya and the board fired Sam to prioritize safety and non-profit objectives. A huge loss for OpenAI nonetheless.

Perhaps you could argue that he wants to stick with Sam and the others because if they start a company that competes with OpenAI, there’s a real chance they catch up and surpass OpenAI. If you really want to be a voice for safety, it’ll be most effective if you’re on the winning team.

Depends how much research is driven by Ilya…

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

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Post by siquick »

n_ary wrote: post #55

While I don’t know what is happening in OpenAI, from my experience(long enough to have an opinion), top people often leave when the employer is doing well or passing the last hurdle because, by that time the employer has gained adequate presence and brand identity that anyone leaving can immediately end up in top FAANG or equivalent Corps with much better benefits and of course pay/equity and other things. Only time…

FAANG would probably be viewed as a step down from OpenAI at this point (or at least until today)
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