Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition
by unsupp0rted on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:57PM
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Only if it was contentious. From the strength of the press release, it sounds like it was a unanimous forced-hand decision.
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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition
by UncleOxidant on Friday November 17, 2023 @05:14PM
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I doubt that Altman voted to have himself removed so probably not unanimous. A movie scene about the reveal to the board would still be compelling.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition
by PeterisP on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:05PM
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Since both Sam and Greg are gone, that implies a 4-2 decision, which is as far from unanimous decision as a 6-person board could possibly make.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition
by dragonwriter on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:19PM
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Given that personnel matters affecting an individual on the board often have mandatory recusal of the affected party, that's likely a 4-0 or two 4-1 decisions, depending on how they were structured.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition
by GabrielTFS on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:13PM
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A single 4-0 decision would imply the bylaws allow any group of members to oust all the other members by making a single proposal to oust everyone but their group, thus automatically forcing everyone else to recuse themselves :p
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition
by neuronerdgirl on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:53PM
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Yes, this can happen, though generally the ousting party would also need to be able to point to some policy or legal transgression to do it without putting themselves at risk of a lawsuit.