Chittagong
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Indeed:
What a fucking ride. Or maybe consolidating power was the plan all along and this was all a show
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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
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Indeed:
What a fucking ride. Or maybe consolidating power was the plan all along and this was all a show
Biff
Member
I still don't understand how the CEO of a shit website, with UI from a decade ago, that is being single handedly disintermediated by the core product of the very company whose Board you are on, was ever invited to the Board in the first place.
If you gave me a pen and paper and told me to come up with a list of the worst possible Board candidates for OpenAI, I genuinely don't believe I would be creative enough to come up with the hilarious answer of "CEO of Quora.com".
Tieno
Member
Ah, the good ol' counter-coup maneuver. I did some of those in my day. Right when they're couping you, you counter-coup from the behind.Indeed:
What a fucking ride. Or maybe consolidating power was the plan all along and this was all a show
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Dirk Benedict
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Cyberpunkd
Member
Man, I still remember the good old LinkedIn sales bros doing “stories” dropping truth bombs while walking in the traffic. I knew many of them, they were terrible salesmen at every company that ever hired them.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
What a disaster.
I guess we’ll soon find out Ilya’s importance to the company.
I guess we’ll soon find out Ilya’s importance to the company.
E-Cat
Member
"Sam is open to returning as long as he has the power to execute"
Off with their heads!
Dirk Benedict
Member
The Money is behind him... That always prevails. What a turn of events. Lol...
E-Cat
Member
A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him.
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Chittagong
Gold Member
The more I think of this, the more it smells like a play by Sam, Greg and Ilya to concentrate power.
They agree that Ilya persuades couple of the board idiots to back his ‘coup’, presenting himself as the tiebreaker. Three super intelligent guys can make a plausible rationale enough for a Quora CEO to bite.
All the investors and staff back Sam, but Sam only returns on his terms. Which is absolute power, and none of those non-execs. Maybe a Microsoft seat for the very cheap price of twenty billion dollars.
Watch what happens to Ilya, that will be the key.
They agree that Ilya persuades couple of the board idiots to back his ‘coup’, presenting himself as the tiebreaker. Three super intelligent guys can make a plausible rationale enough for a Quora CEO to bite.
All the investors and staff back Sam, but Sam only returns on his terms. Which is absolute power, and none of those non-execs. Maybe a Microsoft seat for the very cheap price of twenty billion dollars.
Watch what happens to Ilya, that will be the key.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Corporate apologists at their finest.
E-Cat
Member
I just think Ilya practices what he preaches - he really is an idealist, and perhaps a bit of a decelerationist. That didn't gel well with Altman's commercial approach of too much, too fast. But I guess we will find out soon enough.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
The dust hasn't settled yet, I don't know what's going to happen. But it would be hilarious if it becomes pro-profit due to all these events.
But I do think that Microsoft will get a seat this time.
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Salz01
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I think more people should watch the Silicon Valley show. Think it’s on HBO. It’s pretty spot on, and touches what you wrote here.
-Minsc-
Member
I 100% admit to being influenced by these facades over the past 20 years.
Good thing Microsoft hasn’t acquired them, then.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Let's let the big brain cook.
Insane Metal
Member
What a clusterfuck!
E-Cat
Member
OpenAI Execs Invite Altman, Brockman to Headquarters in Push to Reinstate Them
Altman, Brockman Arrive at OpenAI Headquarters as Execs Push to Reinstate Them
Two days after OpenAI’s board of directors fired him, Sam Altman joined executives at the company’s San Francisco headquarters Sunday as they pushed the board to reinstate him and other recently departed executives, said a person with knowledge of the situatioin. Interim CEO Mira Murati earlier ...
www.theinformation.com
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Tams
Member
There's the issue.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Wow. Whenever I assume 4D chess, it always turns out to be just simple incompetence.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Someone posted a tweet recently saying the board of directors is a mishmash of people from obscure industries not even tech related. Is that true?
Tams
Member
I know many six year olds who can express themselves better than that.
FFS, my old English teacher probably would have given me a slap if I dared write that shite.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Altman had a bullseye on his forehead for probably few months. You dont fire a CEO and replace the guy two days later out of the blue. On a Sunday too.
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Are these guys retarded or something? JFC.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Most of the time the tech bros don’t want much supervision because they want to “go fast and break things”. Having someone on the board understanding your industry and asking difficult questions is against that. Just look at who was sitting on Theranos board lol.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Nobody on the board understands the industry. Bunch of clown.
On a separate note, OpenAI is done for.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
WTF. Theranos. Just read it now. lol. On a side note I read up on my company's BOD. Most of them are in my company's general industry of goods. Of course none are from direct competitors. But the companies are close enough. Same daily grind. Just a different aisle of goods at Walmart. And there's a few offshoot BOD people that are more about finance and marketing.
A Closer Look At Theranos’ Big-Name Investors, Partners And Board As Elizabeth Holmes’ Criminal Trial Begins
As Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial begins, we take a closer look at Theranos’ big-name investors, partners and board.
news.crunchbase.com
Theranos’ board of directors
Part of what made Theranos such a big name in Silicon Valley was the people the company brought on for its board of directors. The company had notable figures from the worlds of both business and government as members of its board.They included:
- Henry Kissinger (former United States Secretary of State);
- Jim Mattis (retired Marine Corps four-star general);
- George Shultz (former United States Secretary of State);
- Richard Kovacevich (former CEO of Wells Fargo);
- William Perry (former United States Secretary of Defense); and
- William Foege (former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Cyberpunkd
Member
Didn’t Jobs and Gates sit on the board of Microsoft and Apple respectively?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont know. But that would be weird as hell and a conflict of interest IMO.
E-Cat
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Chittagong
Gold Member
Satya Nadella on LinkedIn: We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in… | 2,380 comments
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced… | 2,380 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
We are on the worst timeline in the multiverse
E-Cat
Member
At least they’ll have a decent budget.Satya Nadella on LinkedIn: We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in… | 2,380 comments
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced… | 2,380 comments on LinkedIn
We are on the worst timeline in the multiverse
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Well, now Microsoft has two AI teams.Satya Nadella on LinkedIn: We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in… | 2,380 comments
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced… | 2,380 comments on LinkedIn
We are on the worst timeline in the multiverse
Now the biggest question is how it will affect Microsoft's stock. That's the craziest part.
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E-Cat
Member
More like three, they already had Microsoft Research.
Spyxos
Member
Pretty strange list.WTF. Theranos. Just read it now. lol. On a side note I read up on my company's BOD. Most of them are in my company's general industry of goods. Of course none are from direct competitors. But the companies are close enough. Same daily grind. Just a different aisle of goods at Walmart. And there's a few offshoot BOD people that are more about finance and marketing.
A Closer Look At Theranos’ Big-Name Investors, Partners And Board As Elizabeth Holmes’ Criminal Trial Begins
As Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial begins, we take a closer look at Theranos’ big-name investors, partners and board.
Theranos’ board of directors
Part of what made Theranos such a big name in Silicon Valley was the people the company brought on for its board of directors. The company had notable figures from the worlds of both business and government as members of its board.
They included:
- Henry Kissinger (former United States Secretary of State);
- Jim Mattis (retired Marine Corps four-star general);
- George Shultz (former United States Secretary of State);
- Richard Kovacevich (former CEO of Wells Fargo);
- William Perry (former United States Secretary of Defense); and
- William Foege (former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
E-Cat
Member
MS up 2.5% in premarket.
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ChuckeRearmed
Member
Damn, even higher than before Friday