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1. i am surprised that Sam, a known prepper, left himself vulnerable to the most traditional risk a CEO can have. presumably he had a lot of control over board
by swyx 3y ago
1. i am surprised that Sam, a known prepper, left himself vulnerable to the most traditional risk a CEO can have. presumably he had a lot of control over board composition?
2. soooo is Sam back? how exactly might satya influence a nonprofit board he has zero votes in? why would the board flipflop so quickly in the span of 24 hrs when presumably they took the original action knowing the shitstorm that would ensue? none of these things make sense given that everyone in the room is presumably smart and knows how the world works
- cinntaile 3y ago> none of these things make sense given that everyone in the room is presumably smart and knows how the world works The board can try to anticipate the next actions after they fire them, but predicting the final outcome of what essentially are human actions seems quite difficult.
- vbezhenar 3y agoWhen you can turn the switch and cut off fleet of nvidias from ChatGPT, you have a very strong influence.
- p1esk 3y agoOpenAI can just as easily turn the switch and cut off access to gpt models. OpenAI can get compute anywhere, while Microsoft can only get GPT4 at OpenAI.
- threeseed 3y agoOpenAI powers a few features for Microsoft but it hardly moves the needle. The partnership is useful for making it look exciting and relevant which helps with attracting talent i.e. it's largely branding/marketing. So it's very much a once sided relationship in terms of dependency.
- summerlight 3y agoMS can live without GPT models, being just less competitive. Meanwhile, OpenAI will quickly go bankrupt without Microsoft's financial support and infrastructure.
- vb-8448 3y agoIn case the marriage between OpenAI and Microsoft ends, I'm pretty sure that Google, IBM, Facebook and any over big corp will try to step in to replace Microsoft.
- huytersd 3y agoMicrosoft owns 49% of OpenAI. They’re not going to let them jump in bed with someone else.
- robg 3y agoThey own that in a subsidiary of the non-profit, not the controlling non-profit itself.
- LeafItAlone 3y agoWho owns the 51%? Seems like if it’s the non-profit, MSFT can make any demands and suggestions they want, and the 51% perfect can say “that’s nice” and do what they want. Which is probably why MSFT owns _only_ 49%?
- edgyquant 3y agoAnd the non-profit board is the majority stakeholder, so MS doesn’t have a day
- paulddraper 3y agoThey did not realize firing Altman would pose an existential risk. Then they found out it did
- p1esk 3y agoOr maybe they didn’t want to exist under Sam Altman?
- paulddraper 3y agoYes. Until they realized what their existence was like without him.
- p1esk 3y agoIt’s sad that OpenAI talent will be split across two companies, one controlled by Sam, and the other by Ilya. This will probably delay the development of GPT-5.