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OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by majikaja »

alpark3 wrote: post #969

I wonder if Sam did something in the name of his own philosophy, but was financially suicide. Like vastly underestimating the costs of training/inferencing to the board, but justifying it to himself because it's all going towards building AGI and that's what matters. But them firing him also means that OpenAI's heavy hitters weren't that devoted to him either. Obviously otherwise they would all leave after him. Proba…

>Like vastly underestimating the costs of training/inferencing to the board, but justifying it to himself because it's all going towards building AGI and that's what matters.

Sounds like SBF

What is the purpose of this 'AGI' again? Won't it just end up controlled by the military and cause problems for humanity if it's that amazing?

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by tester457 »

andomiz2 wrote: post #929
jrcplus wrote: post #902

Tweet from Sam, decoded by @hellokillian: “i love you all” I L Y A “one takeaway: go tell your friends how great you think they are.” https://twitter.com/hellokillian/status/1725799674676936931

I don't get it.

"Ilya"

They are suggesting that Ilya Sutskever played in this coup.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by kobalsky »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #684
bluedevilzn wrote: post #621

Greg just quit too: https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559

Do these people type all lowercase on purpose? Is it a power move/status thing? I'd have to go out of my way to type like that, on mobile or at a workstation.

in my case pep8 is to blame

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by jWhick »

eigenvalue wrote: post #418

Can't say I saw this coming. This is deeply sad to me. OpenAI did so much life changing work so quickly. It has totally changed my life in terms of enabling an absolutely unprecedented increase in my own personal productivity and how ambitious I can be with my projects. And even though I know Sam didn't personally code the key things, I believe that it never would have happened the way it did without his instincts an…

actually no, openai first did chess then dota, than chatgpt, it's years of effort and progression that didn't come overnight. It's probably you who first heard of them trough chatgpt

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by newshorts »

rvz wrote: post #712
bluedevilzn wrote: post #621

Greg just quit too: https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559

This is perfect for Google. When your enemy (OpenAI) is making a massive mistake, don't interrupt them.

Exactly, I have to weigh whether this means I unwind some google shorts, or if the cat is out of the bag and google is still in trouble.

Can’t tell, but this news is a pain in my a$$

Thanks for the drama openai.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by svoyarda »

Simple -- Altman's against IPO which is the only way for the company's investors to cash out. Eg., Sequoia Capital's performance heavily depends on OpenAI's valuation and the firm's ability to lock in profit asap.

The Board's purpose is to protect shareholder interests (aka make as much money as possible for investors). They do not care about AI safety, transparency, or some non-profit nonsense.

Expect OpenAI to IPO next year.

Re: OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

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Post by setgree »

shadowbanned4 wrote: post #940
Cyphase wrote: post #891

At the moment this thread is the third most highly voted ever on HN. 1. (6015) Stephen Hawking dying 2. (5771) Apple's letter related to the San Bernardino case 3. (4629) Sam Altman getting fired from OpenAI (this thread) 4. (4338) Apple's page about Steve Jobs dying 5. (4310) Bram Moolenaar dying https://hn.algolia.com/

There isn't really any reason for this except Sam is a YC founder and OpenAI (whose name is a lie because they provide proptietary LLMs) is being hyped in the media. He is already rich. Getting fired means an early retirement in Bahama.

I would be very surprised if Sam retired now. He is compulsively ambitious, for better or worse.
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