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In response to "I’m not seeing much concern given at all to the originating thought that AI tech is moving too fast and will break things." by Qale

depending who you believe it’s literally why the board fired Altman to begin with -- nm

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Nov 21 '23, 10:09

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Right. That part of the story got dropped for the intrigue and it’s like, waaaait a minute. -- nm - Qale Nov 21, 10:13 13
- the only ones throwing a tantrum to bring him back to OpenAI (perhaps unsurprisingly) are Sequoia Capital et al - hollywood big shot Nov 21, 10:14 12
  - well, and almost all employees said they would quit if he stayed fired and then OpenAI would be f*cked. -- nm - Andie Nov 21, 10:19 11
    - Those employees are about to lose a ton of $ from their startup not cashing out. Some of it is the cult of Sam but some of it is probably $ also -- nm - oblique Nov 21, 10:20 10
      - sure, but whatever the reason, if OpenAI loses all it's talent, where does that leave OpenAI? -- nm - Andie Nov 21, 10:21 9
        
        Hobbled. Unable to pursue its purported mission of steering the industry toward benevolent AI. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 10:29 4
        
        It's an interesting situation. If the board is presumably required to act in the best interest of the non-profit, it seemingly killed itself - oblique Nov 21, 10:37 1
        
        MSFT sitting there ready to pick up the pieces, with no inconvenient altruism to hold them back -- nm - rollo Nov 21, 10:41
        
        but that is the board's mission, not lining Microsoft and VC's pockets with cash at the expense of the rest of humanity -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 21, 10:36 1
        
        Hence the power struggle we're seeing play out -- nm - rollo Nov 21, 10:40
        
        Dead. But those employees either want 1) Microsoft jobs (presumably with the cash incentive) 2) Altman back at OpenAI so that they can get their $ -- nm - oblique Nov 21, 10:25 3
        
        what would be a typical ratio of vested employees with stock options to those with just jobs? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 21, 10:37 2
        
        The vast majority of their 800 employees have an equity stake -- nm* - rollo Nov 21, 10:44
        
        not sure. OpenAI is also seemingly a bit unique in how it structured its compensation -- (link) - oblique Nov 21, 10:40
AI starts to write things, WGA on strike again -- nm - budice Nov 21, 10:11

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