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firmly stating what you want != turning your company politics into a reality TV show The whole “everything must be entertaining” trend is horribly depressing,
by ethanbond 3y ago
firmly stating what you want != turning your company politics into a reality TV show
The whole “everything must be entertaining” trend is horribly depressing, and in this case I don’t think it reflected well on Sam. Especially at the helm of what is claimed to be such a fundamentally important technology.
Related: “Amusing Ourselves to Death” is a worthwhile read.
- Schiendelman 3y agoI don’t think he was the one releasing any of the embarrassing and dramatic press releases.
- ethanbond 3y agoYou mean the single press release that stated the CEO has been fired? It was definitely aggressively worded, but without more facts I don’t think you can honestly claim to know whether it was embarrassing, dramatic, or in fact unfairly aggressive at all. It could have been dramatically understated.
- Schiendelman 3y agoNo, I mean Ilya’s public statement, and the board walking back their statement… there’s a lot.
- ethanbond 3y agoWhen did the board walk back their statement? Ilya as an individual seems to have broken from the board, but that's not "a press release" nor the board walking anything back.
- Schiendelman 3y agoThey walked back their statement here, albeit indirectly: https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/openai-memo-altman-firing-malfeasance-communications-breakdown https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/openai-memo-altman-firing-m...
- ethanbond 3y ago“This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board” is not, on any planet I am aware of, walking back “Sam was not completely candid with the board.”