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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by CSMastermind on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:56PM (#38338670)
From everything I can piece together the underlying problem is that Sam defunded Ilya's alignment research because they only have so much compute and they needed all of it to keep up with the demand for ChatGPT and the APIs, especially after dev day.

Ilya losing access to the GPUs he needs to do his research so that the company can service a few more customers seemed like a fundamental betrayal to him and a sign that Sam was ignoring safety in order to grow marketshare.

If Elon is able to promise him the resources he needs to do his research then I think it could work out.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by tw04 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:19PM (#38338973)
> If Elon is able to promise him the resources he needs to do his research then I think it could work out.

Who on earth would ever trust an Elon promise at this point? The guy literally can’t open his mouth without making a promise he can’t keep.

Unless Ilya is getting something in a bulletproof contract and is willing to spend a decade fighting for it in court, he’s an idiot doing anything with Elon.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by staticautomatic on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:40PM (#38339228)
Contract wherein Musk pays all legal fees would be pretty trustworthy
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by eganist on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:03PM (#38339498)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/musks-twitter-has-been-sued-...

He's pretty bad at honoring contracts too

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by staticautomatic on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:48PM (#38342380)
That’s my point. If/when he breaches he has to pay your fees for suing him. It’s a contingency lawyer’s dream.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by comfysocks on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:49PM (#38341621)
Yeah, I imagine Karpathy had his fill of Musk and left. Probably with a stiff non disparagement agreement.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by unsupp0rted on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:08PM (#38342142)
It would take a rocket scientist to trust Elon Musk
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by dchichkov on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:01PM (#38338732)
More likely that the WorldCoin project is doing poorly. With crypto and NFTs going down it could be a house of cards. And in a need of an urgent injection of money.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by spookthesunset on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:04PM (#38338772)
The worldcoin thing really bugs me too. Any time there is crypto, somebody is scamming somebody else. Worldcoin is no different in this regard.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by capableweb on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:20PM (#38338979)
Did you figure out the motives behind Bitcoin too while doing your research?
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by jazzyjackson on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:28PM (#38339763)
despite being invented for non-scam purposes, it turns out to be a productivity multipler for scammers more than anyone else.

and also Bitcoin might be the exception that proves the rule - every other chain or token is managed by a few insiders taking get-rich-quick marks for a ride.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by ocdtrekkie on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:49PM (#38339975)
I think it'd be really funny if Bitcoin was originally supposed to also be a rug pull but Satoshi died suddenly or something, and so Bitcoin was just the scam that never managed to complete itself or something.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by dwaltrip on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:11PM (#38339590)
Interesting, where did you hear that?
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