Last week Sam Altman was sensationally fired from OpenAI, tipping the AI company into chaos. It remains unclear what made the board decide to act.
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Simulation hypothesis: unpredictable events in artificial worlds
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Pretty sure a simulation would have crazy events like this to keep things interesting. Like Godzilla showing up in simcity.
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OpenAI AGI Release: Sam Altman vs Accountants Joke
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Most people think without Sam and team, OpenAI will never release AGI. But there is a small group that thinks otherwise. The few. The proud. The accountants will release the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) come hell or high water.
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Board Career Consequences Silicon Valley Tech Leadership Decision
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Yes this is career suicide in Silicon Valley for the entire board
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OpenAI’s tight-knit culture keeps employees unified
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the tight-knit family-like organizing from the @OpenAI employees overnight.
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OpenAI Board Crisis: Letter Demands Altman Reinstatement
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The letter calls for the board that fired Altman and demoted Brockman from his position as chair to resign, for the pair to be reinstated, and for new board members to be appointed.
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OpenAI Staff Letter: Nearly 500 Employees Sign Including Chief Scientist
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When first released this morning the letter from OpenAI staff was signed by a little under 500 people including, remarkably, Ilya Sutskever, the company’s chief scientist and the board member who told Altman he was fired on Friday.
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OpenAI employees sign letter after Altman’s sudden ouster announcement
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“More are signing as they wake up,” a company employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said today after the letter was released. The employee says there has been no further explanation of Altman’s ouster, and little communication from the board.
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OpenAI Staff Threatens Mass Resignation Over Sam Altman Reinstatement
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721 out of 770 have now signed a letter threatening to quit @OpenAI unless Sam Altman is reinstated. That's almost 95 percent of the company.
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OpenAI Leadership Resignation Theory and Governance Concerns
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Unpopular and controversial opinion: I think this was a roundabout stunt by the open ai leadership to get out of something (a governance structure they didn't like, a world they created that they didn't like, whatever).. The fact the Ilya signed a letter wanting to quit and join