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Without Altman, will Microsoft have invested $10 billion+ in OpenAI? Sure, he might not be the brains, but will Microsoft have really bet $10b+ on Murati, Ilya

• outside1234 3y ago
  Ok let’s be real - there are a lot of smart people at OpenAI - but will they stay?
  • Alupis 3y ago
    There's a lot of smart people at a lot of companies. Most of those companies have much, much deeper pockets than OpenAI ever has had, and now probably ever will. I see no reason Microsoft and the likes don't see the writing on the wall here and decide to have a go at it on their own, or pick up the talent that's abandoning ship. OpenAI now being entirely run by "idea" people and purists will be a big hurt on their fund raising abilities... which from their own operational numbers seems an obvious necessity.
  • siva7 3y ago
    There are even more of these smart researchers and engineers at google. Difference is openai had a business genius who could execute on product while the behemoth with infinite pockets never had.
  • cyanydeez 3y ago
    people still work for Elon musk
  • tatrajim 3y ago
    Also, going forward, will talent be drawn to OpenAI? If I were be being aggressively courted for a position there, I would pause long and hard and wonder if the deep divisions this incident exposed and the inept way the firing was handled were emblematic of fundamental problems at the company. Before yesterday, OpenAI was probably the most desirable and glamorous workplace in the world. Now, it hearkens back to post-Jobs Apple: ostensibly intact, but spiritually hollowed-out.