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I think they planned for Mira Murati to act as interim CEO, but were surprised when she wanted to rehire Sam Altman.

gjsman-1000 3y ago
I think the board was surprised when nobody bought their claim of Sam’s vague wrongdoing. Actually, I think every plot twist we’ve seen has been a surprise for them as they have consistently acted without 5 minutes of foresight. And not just with the drama. For example, according to Stratechery, the clause in the contract saying Microsoft couldn’t use GPT-4 as a foundation for their own models was recently removed in a contract revision. If you don’t like your CEO, and Microsoft likes your CEO, and Microsoft has the rights to your models and code, it doesn’t take much to add up 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.
- user_named 3y ago
  I guess they weren't involved in the day to day enough to know that about the contract
  - siva7 3y ago
    That’s also not the job of a board
    - ubercore 3y ago
      In this case, with these stakes, I think it's in the board's purview to understand the implications of firing your CEO with no immediate replacement plan, and the current state of possibly the most important contract your company has would be relevant.
- willvarfar 3y ago
  Hmm, that contract revision _would_ have been grounds for dismissing Sam, if only the board had known...? The current story is that the board scrambled to find unconvincing grounds when explaining themselves to employees instead https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38356534 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38356534
  - eastbound 3y ago
    Well the board could have gone with “We fear a hostile takeover by Microsoft” if they really were afraid that Sam was doing that.
- konschubert 3y ago
  > Actually, I think every plot twist we’ve seen has been a surprise for them as they have consistently acted without 5 minutes of foresight. Which is ironic considering how much they claim to be focused on long term risks :)
- cyanydeez 3y ago
  eh, I'm pretty sure there was wrong doing the difference is entirely whether you're on the profit side or the nonprofit side.
guappa 3y ago
I like how she has a wikipedia page that is 1 week old.

I think the board was surprised when nobody bought their claim of Sam’s vague wrongdoing. Actually, I think every plot twist we’ve seen has been a surprise for them as they have consistently acted without 5 minutes of foresight. And not just with the drama. For example, according to Stratechery, the clause in the contract saying Microsoft couldn’t use GPT-4 as a foundation for their own models was recently removed in a contract revision. If you don’t like your CEO, and Microsoft likes your CEO, and Microsoft has the rights to your models and code, it doesn’t take much to add up 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.

user_named 3y ago
I guess they weren't involved in the day to day enough to know that about the contract
- siva7 3y ago
  That’s also not the job of a board
  - ubercore 3y ago
    In this case, with these stakes, I think it's in the board's purview to understand the implications of firing your CEO with no immediate replacement plan, and the current state of possibly the most important contract your company has would be relevant.
willvarfar 3y ago
Hmm, that contract revision _would_ have been grounds for dismissing Sam, if only the board had known...? The current story is that the board scrambled to find unconvincing grounds when explaining themselves to employees instead https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38356534 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38356534
- eastbound 3y ago
  Well the board could have gone with “We fear a hostile takeover by Microsoft” if they really were afraid that Sam was doing that.
konschubert 3y ago
> Actually, I think every plot twist we’ve seen has been a surprise for them as they have consistently acted without 5 minutes of foresight. Which is ironic considering how much they claim to be focused on long term risks :)
cyanydeez 3y ago
eh, I'm pretty sure there was wrong doing the difference is entirely whether you're on the profit side or the nonprofit side.

guappa 3y ago

I like how she has a wikipedia page that is 1 week old.