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In response to "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" by oblique

sure, but whatever the reason, if OpenAI loses all it's talent, where does that leave OpenAI? -- nm

Posted by Andie Nov 21 '23, 10:21

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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

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