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Theory Microsoft floated this offer to Altman for buku dollars before any of this takes place Altman went to the board and requested a raise knowing he has a
by tboyd47 3y ago
Theory
Microsoft floated this offer to Altman for buku dollars before any of this takes place
Altman went to the board and requested a raise knowing he has a fantastic plan B.
Board says no because they're a non-profit.
Altman gets petulant (as people my age tend to do).
Old-school boomer "You Work for Me" elements of the board launch a bid to fire him. Their bid succeeds.
Altman goes and blabs about his new gig to his old co-workers (as people my age tend to do).
Microsoft says, "Okay, more talent for us" and extends offers for buku dollars to all OpenAI employees.
Revolution!
- fprotthetarball 3y ago> I have a pet theory about the "AI revolution" or AGI that keeps getting relentlessly confirmed as events unfold: Microsoft sees a massive financial upside to this technology that no one else sees and this is being kept under wraps. If AGI is "a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work", I am Microsoft and have AGI, and other businesses do not, I am putting it charge of a Windows VM in Azure and offering it to companies to run aspects of their businesses. Why stop at "GPTs" if I can offer you specialized Clippys? Put all your data in Microsoft 365, let Clippy do its thing, and you're saving a lot of money on not supporting people. Microsoft gets their cut, and you get to fire your employees. Win-win.
- tboyd47 3y agoEvery time I post something about this on HN, someone points this out. It’s a fairly obvious idea. Therefore, it does not fit my theory.