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> and they didn't even think Altman was that great as a CEO. There are plenty of people who think that. Even the OA executives apparently weren't nearly as ent
by gwern 3y ago
> and they didn't even think Altman was that great as a CEO.
There are plenty of people who think that. Even the OA executives apparently weren't nearly as enthused with Altman as all those social-media hearts might lead one to assume. See the Time article yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38550240 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38550240 specifically
The board expected pressure from investors and media. But they misjudged the scale of the blowback from within the company, in part because they had reason to believe the executive team would respond differently, according to two people familiar with the board’s thinking, who say the board’s move to oust Altman was informed by senior OpenAI leaders, who had approached them with a variety of concerns about Altman’s behavior and its effect on the company’s culture.