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Ilya signed it??? He's on the board... This whole thing is such an implosion of ambition.
by wxw 3y ago
Ilya signed it??? He's on the board... This whole thing is such an implosion of ambition.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoYeah, what the hell? Do we know why Murati was replaced?
- simonw 3y agoI heard it was because she tried to hire Sam and Greg back.
- sebzim4500 3y agoApparently she tried to rehire Sam and Greg. I don't think she actually had anything to do with the coup, she was only slightly less blindsided than everyone else.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoTo be fair, that is a stupid first move to make as the CEO who was just hired to replace the person deposed by the board. (Though I’m still confused about Ilya’s position.)
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- blackoil 3y agoIf you know the company will implode and you'll be CEO of a shell, it is better to get board to reverse the course. It isn't like she was part of decision making process
- impulser_ 3y agoIf your job as a CEO is to keep the company running it seems like the only way to do that was hire them back because look at the company now it's essentially dead unless the board resigns and with how stupid the board is they might not lol. So her move wasn't stupid at all. She obviously knew people working there respected the leadership of the company. If 550 people leave OpenAI you might as well just shut it down and sell the IP to Microsoft.
- ghaff 3y agoIt's a lot easier to sign a petition than actually walk away from a presumably well-paying job in a somewhat weak tech job market. People assuming everyone can just traipse into a $1m/year role at Microsoft is smoking some really good stuff.
- tomnipotent 3y ago> can just traipse into a $1m/year role at Microsoft Do you not trust Microsoft's public statement that jobs are waiting for anyone that decides to leave OpenAI? Considering their two decade adventure with Xbox and their $72bln in profits last year, on top of a $144bln in cash reserves, I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is able (and willing) to match most comp packages considering what's at stake. Maybe not everyone, but most.
- ghaff 3y agoI think the specifics on an individual level once the smoke clears matter a lot.
- maxlamb 3y agoBut wouldn’t the coup have required 4 votes out of 6 which means she voted yes? If not then the coup was executed by just 3 board members? I’m confused.
- ketzo 3y agoMurati is/was not a board member.
- crazygringo 3y agoGenerally speaking, 4 members is the minimum quorum for a board of 6, and 3 out of 4 is a majority decision. I don't know if it was 3 or 4 in the end, but it may very well have been possible with just 3.
- StephenAshmore 3y agoMira isn't on the board, so she didn't have a vote in this.
- Bostonian 3y agoI think the names listed are the recipients of the letter (the board), not the signers.
- dxyms 3y agoThere’s only 4 people on the board.
- falleng0d 3y agohe even posted a apology: https://x.com/ilyasut/status/1726590052392956028?s=20 https://x.com/ilyasut/status/1726590052392956028?s=20 what the actual fuck =O
- serial_dev 3y agoYou come at the king, you best not miss. If you do, make sure to apologize on Twitter while you can.
- ozgung 3y agoWow, lots of drama and plot twists for the writers of the Netflix mini-series.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoThey did not expect Microsoft to take everything and walk away, and did not realize how little pull they actually had. If you made a comment recently about de jure vs de facto power, step forward and collect your prize.
- sva_ 3y agoThe great drama of our time (this week)
- FuriouslyAdrift 3y agoI'm going to take a leap of intuition and say all roads lead back Adam d'Angelo for the coup attempt.
- DebtDeflation 3y agoI was looking down the list and then saw Ilya. Just when you think this whole ordeal can't get any more insane.
- victoryhb 3y agoMost people who sympathized with the Board prior to this would have assumed that the presumed culprit, the legendary Ilya, has thought through everything and is ready to sacrifice anything for a course he champions. It appears that is not the case.
- xivzgrev 3y agoI think he orchestrated the coup on principle, but severely underestimated the backlash and power that other people had collectively. Now he’s trying to save his own skin. Sam will probably take him back on his own technical merits but definitely not in any position of power anymore When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die Just because you are a genius in one domain does not mean you are in another What’s funny is that everyone initially “accepted” the firing. But no one liked it. Then a few people (like greg) started voting with their feet which empowered others which has cumulated into this tidal shift. It will make a fascinating case study some day on how not to fire your CEO
- throwaway74852 3y agoThe dude is a quack.