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OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Re: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Post by g42gregory »

fairity wrote: post #733

People here are so gullible. Do you really think the board is so incompetent as to not have thought through Microsoft's likely reaction? And, do you really think they would have done this if they thought there was a likelihood of being rebuffed and forced to resign? The answer is, no. They are not that incompetent. I wish Sam & co the best, and I'm sure they'll move on to do amazing things. But, the recent PR just se…

> Do you really think the board is so incompetent as to not have thought through Microsoft's likely reaction?

For Ilya Sutskever, he is a very smart guy but he maybe blinded by something here.

For the rest of that board, yes I really do think they are that incompetent.

Re: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Post by slowhadoken »

meetpateltech wrote: post #568

Update on the OpenAI drama: Altman and the board had till 5pm to reach a truce where the board would resign and he and Brockman would return. The deadline has passed and mass resignations expected if a deal isn’t reached ASAP https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1726055095341875545

Has anyone else notice how many techies are on Twitter but still badmouth Twitter?

Re: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Post by m3kw9 »

015a wrote: post #409
spaceman_2020 wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any talented engineer or scientist who actually wants to ship product AND make money would head over to Sam’s startup. Any investor who cares about making money would fund Sam’s startup as well. The way the board pulled this off really gave them no good outcome. They stand to lose talent AND investors AND customers. Half the people I know who use GPT in their work are wondering if it will be even worth paying for if…

And any talented engineer or scientist who actually wants to build safe AGI in an organization that isn't obsessed with boring B2B SaaS would align with Ilya. See, there are two sides to this? Sam isn't a god, despite what the media makes him out to be; none of them are.

It’s just an illusion that Sam is trying to be unsafe about it, it’s a scare tactic or sorts to get what they want. Example regulations, and now internally, power. It’s all bs man this AI will end the world stuff, it’s pushed for an agenda and you all are eating it up

Re: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Post by seanthemon »

mongol wrote: post #753

Has anyone asked ChatGPT about the situation? It seems like an obvious thing to do. When parents are arguing and about to divorce, they must listen to their children.

It only has knowledge up to a certain point, I believe it's now April of this year

Best to ask it next year when the trauma has set in

Re: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Post by m3kw9 »

himaraya wrote: post #745

Bloomberg now reporting the board "balking" at resigning. I suspect they never intended to resign. They fully expected this firestorm. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-18/openai-bo...

They not balking, it’s just red tape and they will resign

Re: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

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Post by kragen »

jacquesm wrote: post #458
steveBK123 wrote: post #85

Sutskever’s coup went about as well as Prigozhin‘s coup.

I think Prigozhin's coup went slightly worse for Prigozhin.

too early to tell, but likely it would be counterproductive to actually assassinate sutskever anytime in the next year
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