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Which is notable because Sam Altman is on said board, so he got outvoted.
by minimaxir 3y ago
Which is notable because Sam Altman is on said board, so he got outvoted.
- ldjkfkdsjnv 3y agoSo did Greg Brockman, what a weird turn of events
- paxys 3y agoHe would have been asked to step out and not had a vote in situations like these.
- mark_l_watson 3y agoWhy would Brockman have to step out of the room? EDIT: Brockman was voted out as the Chairman of the Board.
- paxys 3y agoWho said anything about Brockman?
- QuinnyPig 3y agoThe OpenAI post, for one: Brockman lost his board seat.
- zamfi 3y agoNot Brockman, Altman.
- mark_l_watson 3y agoAnother article I read said both Sam Altman and Brockman left the room for the vote.
- Aurornis 3y agoGreg Brockman was President and Chairman of the Board. He was also removed from the board in this process.
- ilkkao 3y agoThat board meeting will be in a movie someday I'm pretty sure.
- unsupp0rted 3y agoOnly if it was contentious. From the strength of the press release, it sounds like it was a unanimous forced-hand decision.
- UncleOxidant 3y agoI doubt that Altman voted to have himself removed so probably not unanimous. A movie scene about the reveal to the board would still be compelling.
- PeterisP 3y agoSince both Sam and Greg are gone, that implies a 4-2 decision, which is as far from unanimous decision as a 6-person board could possibly make.
- dragonwriter 3y agoGiven that personnel matters affecting an individual on the board often have mandatory recusal of the affected party, that's likely a 4-0 or two 4-1 decisions, depending on how they were structured.
- GabrielTFS 3y agoA single 4-0 decision would imply the bylaws allow any group of members to oust all the other members by making a single proposal to oust everyone but their group, thus automatically forcing everyone else to recuse themselves :p
- neuronerdgirl 3y agoYes, this can happen, though generally the ousting party would also need to be able to point to some policy or legal transgression to do it without putting themselves at risk of a lawsuit.