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505 of 700 OpenAI employees tell the board to resign. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Source: https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1726599700961521762

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, here you have a company that fires their CEO for going too much in the direction of earning money.

I think this is very much in question by the people who are up in arms

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Altman went to Microsoft within 48 hours, does anything else really need to be said? Add to that, the fact that basically every news outlet has reported - with difference sources - that he was pushing in exactly in that way. There’s very little to support the fact that reality is different.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    The board has given no real reasoning for why they fired him. Until they do, there's no reason anyone should consider this anything other than an internal power struggle that resulted in a coup.

    And Sam didn't have a job anymore. Why shouldn't he go work for Microsoft? He was pushed out of OpenAI, is he contractually bound to never do something different?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm not the one contesting it, but there's a strong contingent of people who believe Altman's interest is in developing AGI and little else. To them, him taking that position could be explained him positioning himself to affect broader influence.

    That's not my personal interpretation, but it is at least a little surprising that the rift is between him and his BOD. Presumably they would all have the same financial incentive to monetize their project, not just Altman.

    Personally, I think people being quick to draw any conclusion from this are putting the cart before the horse. It's not clear to me at all what the competing interests are, if it's not just completely political posturing to begin with.

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