I still cannot grasp what happened. So is open ai the baddy now we all hate?
CULTURE
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Mobile-Era CEO Culture Clashes With Traditional Scientific Research Pace
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This is in a field filled with researchers accustomed to the deliberate and thoughtful (and slow) scientific progress. That classic mobile-era CEO, supercharged by ZIRP, focused on growth and global impact above else. And he’s been a Bay Area fixture for more than a decade.
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Sam’s Ouster: Silicon Valley AI CEO Leadership Profile
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Now that details are emerging about Sam’s ouster I’ll resurface what I sent out last night. Sam’s an anomaly of a CEO in AI: he’s a classic 2010s era Silicon Valley popped-collar startup founder deeply entrenched in the Bay Area tech scene through YC.
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Sam Altman Fired as OpenAI CEO – Potential Major Mistake
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Sam Altman fired as OpenAI CEO
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Sentient Laundry AI and Existential Risk Concerns
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If Laundry Buddy ends up becoming sentient, driven by its desire for revenge on me, and destroys the world… …please forgive me.
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OpenAI Board Tensions: Crypto Community Targets Helen Toner Over Ilya Sutskever
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Lotsa crypto-turned-AI bros salty about OpenAI's decision to re-focus on their founding mission. I've noticed that they're largely turning their ire on board member Helen Toner. …Rather than on board member Ilya Sutskever, who actually pulled the trigger. How random.
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Science Accelerates Through Collaboration and Open Communication
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Science is not a zero-sum game.
With more scientists, research accelerates.
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Tech CEO Fired After Developer Day Despite Board Concerns
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If the board was delighted with dev day they wouldn't have fired the CEO, against the advice of the chairman.
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Sam Altman and OpenAI: A Silicon Valley narrative
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Sam Altman is so Richard Hendricks. OpenAI is so Pied Piper. All of this seems like an episode of Silicon Valley.
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ChatGPT Reports Sam Altman’s OpenAI Departure Accurately
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When @OpenAI announced @sama
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