95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board::OpenAI’s future hangs in the balance as staff says they’ll join former CEO at Microsoft.

  • @Marrenia
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      • deweydecibel
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        Of course it is, that was always the case. Anyone that genuinely believed there was any non-profit, humanitarian, risk-averse future for this technology was drinking copious amounts of Kool aid.

        These things have been designed, from day 1, with the explicit purpose of killing labor and making a lot of people richer. This was never, ever, a tool for the common man.

        AI is the capitalist equivalent of a Death Star. Now that they have it, what the hell else do you think was going to happen?

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    • @[email protected]
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      1. Microsoft partnership with OpenAI
      2. Microsoft hires brain of OpenAI
      3. OpenAI employees threaten to quit - and then do
      4. OpenAI value tumbles
      5. Microsoft buys open AI for the IP
    • @rambaroo
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      610 months ago

      They only give a damn about their RSUs/stock options. Altman is a profiteer who will make them more money.

  • @[email protected]
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    3410 months ago

    I’m pretty ignorant about all this, but this type of loyalty to one guy feels very cult-like. Do the employees actually think this guy gives a shit about them?

    • @[email protected]
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      2310 months ago

      Also, the rumours say that the board wants a careful approach while Altman wants to blast ahead without ethical concerns. I’m definitely not on his side

    • @[email protected]
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      1610 months ago

      Employees are joining in the coup in the hope of joining Microsoft. I wonder if Microsoft is gonna pull a rug on them and only hire the key employees in the pack and ditch the rest of them

      • @jennwiththesea
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        310 months ago

        They’ve already been guaranteed spots at Microsoft, by Microsoft. There’s no need for them to pull some 4D chess move.

  • @foggy
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    1410 months ago

    Their services have been very sporadically available all day. So much so that I’m asking for a pro-rated refund.

    • @SendMePhotos
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      Tbh I just ended up using the snapchat Ai and it helped me with what I needed.

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    1110 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The future of OpenAI remained uncertain on Tuesday after extraordinary efforts by employees and investors to oust the board had so far failed to persuade its directors to resign and reinstate co-founder Sam Altman.

    People with direct knowledge of the matter said that by the end of Monday, 747 out of 770 OpenAI employees had signed a letter threatening to quit and join Microsoft if the board refused to resign and reverse their decision on Friday to sack Altman.

    Venture capitalists backing the generative artificial intelligence start-up were also exploring legal measures to force the board to reverse course, according to multiple people with knowledge of their thinking.

    Ilya Sutskever, the last remaining co-founder on the board and OpenAI’s chief scientist, signed the letter from staff after apologizing on social media for his role in firing Altman.

    In a social media post on Monday, Marc Benioff, chief executive of software company Salesforce, asked OpenAI researchers to send him their CVs and offered to match their salaries.

    Altman has a nuclear fission venture and a cryptocurrency project and has sought to start a device company and a chip business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.


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  • LazaroFilm
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    -210 months ago

    They’ll just replace their employees with Ai…

    • @dtrain
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      810 months ago

      Elaborate.

    • Echo Dot
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      210 months ago

      Claims like that need to be verified before we start with the vilification thank you very much.

      If it’s true then it needs to be proven in court. Random public opinion isn’t useful or helpful and shouldn’t be acted on.