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That was sarcasm; the joke was that he has no shares, and thus if he were to “go off” the board should come after him for all his shares. Basically, he was say
by borski 3y ago
That was sarcasm; the joke was that he has no shares, and thus if he were to “go off” the board should come after him for all his shares.
Basically, he was saying he had very little to lose by going public with his story.
- jbverschoor 3y agoTechnicalities. He stated he did not have any equity in OpenAI. While he might not shares directly in OpenAI, but he might have indirectly, or has some other economic interest agreement. OpenAI consists of at least the following entities: OpenAI OpCo, LLC OpenAI Global, LLC OpenAI Nonprofit. OpenAI GP LLC OpenAI, Inc. OpenAI, L.L.C OpenAI, LP. OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P. OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C. OpenAI Ireland Ltd A Delaware Limited Partnership doesn't have shares, so he's technically correct by that statement. --ianal
- borski 3y agoAside from a small investment through a YCombinator fund (sama was formerly its president), he doesn't have any equity in the company.
- jbverschoor 3y agoThat’s so hard to believe. As an employee, he’s probably entitled to some stock. But again, that means he currently “doesn’t own” it
- borski 3y agoHard to believe or not, them’s the facts. He does not own any stock, and does not have any issues options or anything like that.
- reducesuffering 3y agoAnd how sure are you he doesn't have any Profit Participating Units? The primary compensation given to OpenAI employees.
- borski 3y agoHe opted against financial stake in the company, "citing his concern regarding the use of profit as an incentive in AI development," according to the WSJ. Rather than trying to assume it's some corporate conspiracy, I'm gonna go with Occam's Razor.
- jbverschoor 3y agoHe stated: "I have no equity in OpenAI". Whatever WSJ tells has written is an interpretation of the statement sama made. Also, if you're quoting, please the preceding sentence which is crucial: He took no *direct* financial stake in the business, citing his concern regarding the use of profit as an incentive in AI development
- borski 3y agoYour argument has no merit. I have already stated “Aside from a small investment through a YCombinator fund (sama was formerly its president), he doesn't have any equity in the company.” Until you have some kind of proof he’s lying, I’m not going to assume he is.
- gardenhedge 3y agoEither way terrible communication approach from someone in his position
- borski 3y agoYou’re right; the communication issue in this case was definitely his, not the board’s. /s
- gardenhedge 3y agoI didn't make reference to the board's communication methods. They were also poor.