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> [Sam] Altman’s dismissal by OpenAI’s board on Friday was the culmination of a power struggle between the company’s two ideological extremes—one group born fro
by gnarlouse 3y ago
> [Sam] Altman’s dismissal by OpenAI’s board on Friday was the culmination of a power struggle between the company’s two ideological extremes—one group born from Silicon Valley techno optimism… the other steeped in fears that AI represents an existential risk to humanity and must be controlled with extreme caution.
Wait, I thought Altman got canned because he was starting businesses behind the board’s back making conflicts of interest.
- ben_w 3y agoThe exact reason was (is?) obscured by the board saying nothing publicly beyond "lack of candour", we've all been trying to guess in the meantime.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThe real reason is that Agents of Eliezer stabbed him in the back (metaphorically), and they did it so smoothly that I can't even credit them with this - nobody will believe me.