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> let the 550 unhappy employees Maybe you didn't get the memo, it's 715 / 770 unhappy employees.

• sarchertech 3y ago
  There’s a tipping point, where not signing is dangerous. I suspect that the number of employees who would actually follow through is a good bit lower than 700.
  • ojosilva 3y ago
    I agree. The core OpenAI crew is different from Elon's or Jobs people, it's made up of scientists who tend to be more sensitive/sensible to the impact of their work. So I'm appalled OpenAI employees would follow Sam Altman into none other than... Microsoft! My bet is that's not going to happen, at least not significantly. So far only the trust circle of Altman and Brockman actually quit. I don't see Sam Altman as a MSFT employee for long anyway, it's mostly negotiation leverage. This is obviously controversial, but time may even be on OpenAI's board's favor: by just not doing much the company will keep commercially thriving even if the new management "slows down" AI development, and at least as long as MSFT honors its compute compromises which it said it would and the whole coup fire wanes.
  • brigadier132 3y ago
    A good deal lower? Because if I work at a startup and I've developed a strong sense of camaraderie with my coworkers and 400 of them leave, I'm definitely going to go along with them. From everything I read, the internal culture at OpenAI is amazing and I'd want to stick with it.
    • sarchertech 3y ago
      There’s no guarantee the internal culture stays the same after such a drastic move and there’s definitely going to be people who consider that in their reasoning. Then there’s a sizable fraction of people in tech who outright hate Microsoft. Some number of people who MS probably doesn’t want. Some number who were actually attracted to the idea of working at a non-profit etc…