This Washington Post article brings up some interesting issues. For instance, I didn't know that Altman considered Thiel a mentor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ -- rec -- On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 6:38 AM Pietro Terna <pietro.te...@unito.it> wrote: > Many thanks, Pietro > > Il 22/11/23 08:49, Pieter Steenekamp ha scritto: > > > https://twitter.com/sama/status/1727207458324848883?t=Dms3joF7SRmHQQ--nGVv8w&s=19 > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 9:42 am Pieter Steenekamp, < > piet...@randcontrols.co.za> wrote: > >> Hot off the press; Sam is going back to OpenAI. >> A new board has been appointed. >> It seems like Sam got what he wanted. >> >> On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 7:22 am Pieter Steenekamp, < >> piet...@randcontrols.co.za> wrote: >> >>> Background >>> OpenAI is actually two companies. The original not for profit parent >>> company and the for profit subsidiary. >>> The parent, not for profit, appoints the board of the for profit >>> subsidiary and does not have a fudiciary obligation towards the financial >>> well-being of the company, only towards humanity; to ensure that AI is >>> developed for the good of humanity. >>> On Friday the board fired the CEO, Sam Altman, without giving reasons. >>> Since then Sam got an offer from Microsoft to join them and start a new >>> AI Microsoft subsidiary. Sam is reluctant to take it, he seems to think >>> that will kill OpenAi. >>> 95 percent of OpenAI employees signed a letter that if Sam goes to >>> Microsoft they will join him. Microsoft said they will accomdate them. >>> Now we are waiting - will OpenAI take Sam back? Will Sam and 95 percent >>> of OpenAI's employees join MS? >>> Or is there something else going to happen? >>> A Netflix movie couldn't have more drama and suspens. >>> >>> On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 2:14 am Marcus Daniels, <mar...@snoutfarm.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/openai-ilya-sutskever-sam-altman-fired/676072/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From: *Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Marcus Daniels < >>>> mar...@snoutfarm.com> >>>> *Date: *Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 4:00 PM >>>> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >>>> friam@redfish.com> >>>> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Open AI >>>> >>>> Rumors I have read: >>>> >>>> 1) Sam Altman was looking for money from sovereign wealth fund from >>>> Saudi Arabia to fund an NVIDIA competitor. And this was one example of >>>> him working side gigs not related to the Open AI mission. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2) That the energy demands of LLMs on Azure are just too expensive, and >>>> the money lost per query is becoming too expensive, even for Microsoft’s >>>> hosting of OpenAI. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 3) That there was a breakthrough in artificial general intelligence and >>>> Sam Altman wouldn’t press the brakes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From: *Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Pietro Terna < >>>> pietro.te...@unito.it> >>>> *Date: *Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 2:29 PM >>>> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >>>> friam@redfish.com> >>>> *Subject: *[FRIAM] Open AI >>>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> can you explain to an old Italian friend the Open AI soap opera or >>>> drama? >>>> >>>> Best, Pietro >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep >>>> truth." 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