Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
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Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#2Listen.
I was confused when the whole thing was going down.
I was more confused when the whole "board wants to backtrack and maybe resign" thing was going down.
I got even more confused when Emmett Shear was announced as the CEO.
...but never in a hundred years would I have imagined "haha just join Microsoft" as an actual alternative.
I remain, confused.
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
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Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#4This actually seems like a decent compromise. Sam and Greg can retain velocity on the product side without having to spin up a whole new operation in direct competition with their old levers of power, and Ilya + co can remain in possession of the keys to the kingdom.
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#5Wonder how long this will last. This team doesn't seem like a good fit for big corp Microsoft.
Good get by MS though!
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#6OpenAI is destined to learn the story of Xerox PARC the hard way. I commend them.
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#7Listen. I was confused when the whole thing was going down. I was more confused when the whole "board wants to backtrack and maybe resign" thing was going down. I got even more confused when Emmett Shear was announced as the CEO. ...but never in a hundred years would I have imagined "haha just join Microsoft" as an actual alternative. I remain, confused.
> I remain, confused.
I think everyone is confused.
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#8Anyone else find it strange that startup founders of the magnitude of Sam & Greg would join a gigantic corporation as employees?
It sounds very out of line of what you'd expect.
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#9Listen. I was confused when the whole thing was going down. I was more confused when the whole "board wants to backtrack and maybe resign" thing was going down. I got even more confused when Emmett Shear was announced as the CEO. ...but never in a hundred years would I have imagined "haha just join Microsoft" as an actual alternative. I remain, confused.
By joining Microsoft, they retain access to all the data, weights, and infrastructure they had at OpenAI. They don't have to start from scratch and ramp up. They can start up right where they left off.
Re: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
#10Good work for Microsoft, moving swiftly to take advantage!