OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Board Role

Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by cmdli on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:32PM (#38339139)

While we don’t know the whole story, I don’t think Sam is innocent in this matter. It seems likely that this was a recurring disagreement, and perhaps this was simply a step too far where the board had to act. When you fire somebody, typically you don’t give them a heads up.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by Aeolun on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:44PM (#38340560)

You don’t typically do it this quickly either.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by tempestn on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:45PM (#38342355)

What do you mean? Typically (always?) the firing itself is instantaneous. We have no idea how long the issues that led to the firing went on.

The communication was certainly very poor, and we don't know if the reasons were good, but I don't understand the speed complaint.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by Aeolun on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:04AM (#38346253)

If it’s not a sudden thing, the person being fired generally writes a ‘no bad feelings’ instead of a ‘WTF’ message.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by rblatz on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:02AM (#38342482)

If you do it properly, from the outside it seems sudden.

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