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I think it’s wierd the dismissive way many folks in this thread speak about it all. “Sam isn’t important. Employees are weirdos. The board is just fine. Everyo

• 15457345234 3y ago
  It's objectively weird to see staff - almost all of them researchers and head-down types - unite so firmly behind a non-technical CEO. Those staff usually have their private champions within the company - usually technically focussed project managers who can run interference against the commercial side - but nod along with the CEO who they view as the ugly necessity of having to have a 'business guy.'
  • ebalit 3y ago
    This is not how I interpret the messages from the OpenAI team members. They are sending messages of unity, not fealty to Sam Altman. Working together brought them to the top of the world both in term of research and product. This is a dream come true. What would surprise me is that they wouldn't do everything they can to avoid breaking their team.
    • 15457345234 3y ago
      Does it not seem odd to you that they all just retweet heart emojis and copy/pasted statements, instead of composing their own separately written statements of support? These are meant to be top-tier researchers, you'd think they'd put their thoughts in their own words. That too would avoid uncertainty and make their position easier to understand. Just retweeting a heart emoji because their dear leader (lol) did it is... odd, to me. Unless it's specifically intended to send the message that they'll literally do whatever he tells them to do. Which is about a thousand times weirder.
      • ebalit 3y ago
        No, what better way to send a message of unity than to all send the same message?