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Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down

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Re: Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down

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Post by 38321003thrw »

bmitc wrote: post #757
belugacat wrote: post #715

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It’s a big deal because he’s extremely charismatic and well connected and that matters much, much more for a tech company’s success than some programmers like to think.

I have watched him speak, and he doesn't seem charismatic at all. I remember hearing the same things about Sam Bankman-Fried and then going and watching his interviews and feeling the same. There is just a giant gap here where I simply do not get it, and I see no evidence that explains me not getting it is missing some key aspect of all this. This just seems like classic cargo cult, cult of personality, and following…

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Post by code_runner »

3cats-in-a-coat wrote: post #792
bmitc wrote: post #592

Through all of this, no one has cogently explained why Altman leaving is such a big deal. Why would workers immediately quit their job when he has no other company, and does he even know who these workers are? Are these people that desperate to make a buck (or the prospect of big bucks)? It seems like half of the people working at the non-profit were not actually concerned about the mission but rather just waiting ou…

The new CEO, (Emmett, not Mura, who was CEO for two days I guess) has publicly stated on multiple occasions "we need to slow down from a 10 to a 1-2". Ilya is also in favor of dramatically "slowing down". That's who's left in this company, running it. In the field of AI, right now, "slowing down" is like deciding to stop the car and walk the track by foot in the middle of a Formula 1 race. It's like going backwards.…

not to mention how incredibly arrogant it is to think that if you stop, all progress stops. you're in a race and you refuse to acknowledge that anybody else is even around

Re: Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down

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Post by 38321003thrw »

DonHopkins wrote: post #931
Raptor22 wrote: post #870

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What are some examples of these crucial incidents?

It was a dark and stormy night off the coast of Maine. The winds were howling, the waves were monstrous, and there I was, stranded on my lobster fishing boat in the middle of a hurricane. The sea was a ferocious beast, tossing my vessel around like a toy. Just when all seemed lost, a figure appeared on the horizon. It was Sam Altman, riding a giant, neon-lit drone, battling the tempest with nothing but his bare hands…

You know Don, what touched me about this wonderful story of the charming visionary from SV —- thanks for sharing — is that his reach is as wide as his heart is big! Here you were, a mere fisherman somewhere off the coast of Maine, and here this hero of the age, this charming tower of visionary insight, coming over all the way from California to ‘shave your butt’. (Oops, that was a typo.)

Re: Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down

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Post by code_runner »

alex_young wrote: post #631
bmitc wrote: post #592

Through all of this, no one has cogently explained why Altman leaving is such a big deal. Why would workers immediately quit their job when he has no other company, and does he even know who these workers are? Are these people that desperate to make a buck (or the prospect of big bucks)? It seems like half of the people working at the non-profit were not actually concerned about the mission but rather just waiting ou…

Looks like they have about 700 employees. A handful quitting doesn’t seem like a mutiny.

far more than a handful are thinking of quitting, and the open invite from microsoft makes this a very different animal from a typical upheaval.

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Post by jiggawatts »

intellectronica wrote: post #892
laurels-marts wrote: post #863

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This. Very frustrating. Why is Azure behind and when is the gpt-4-turbo version coming?

It's already available globally on Azure as of last week.

They only have the 8K token version.

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Post by WendyTheWillow »

bmitc wrote: post #705
WendyTheWillow wrote: post #662

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I read her Threads post and do not see the same advocacy you claim here. Just valuable information.

Well I wasn't referring to her Threads posts. I was referring to her recent Tweets.

Her Threads posts are almost certainly of the same tone and substance as her Tweets.

Re: Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down

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Post by emodendroket »

flarg wrote: post #703
emodendroket wrote: post #585

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In Twitter's case that's the main product getting worse without any of the wannabes getting that much traction.

IMHO Twitter drove its own need and now that it has pretty much gone no one wants the hassle of serving a new master.

I don't really get the social media landscape. Myspace transitioning to Facebook had a pretty clear direction; people moved on from one thing to the other. These days it feels like people are just... getting out of the habit of using certain kinds of media.

Re: Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down

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Post by DonHopkins »

38321003thrw wrote: post #953
DonHopkins wrote: post #931

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was a dark and stormy night off the coast of Maine. The winds were howling, the waves were monstrous, and there I was, stranded on my lobster fishing boat in the middle of a hurricane. The sea was a ferocious beast, tossing my vessel around like a toy. Just when all seemed lost, a figure appeared on the horizon. It was Sam Altman, riding a giant, neon-lit drone, battling the tempest with nothing but his bare hands…

You know Don, what touched me about this wonderful story of the charming visionary from SV —- thanks for sharing — is that his reach is as wide as his heart is big! Here you were, a mere fisherman somewhere off the coast of Maine, and here this hero of the age, this charming tower of visionary insight, coming over all the way from California to ‘shave your butt’. (Oops, that was a typo.)

Oh he totally shaved my butt too, as the story grows on each telling, and he taught six lobsters to speak Esperanto as well!
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