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Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by paulddraper on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:31AM (#38342768)
> There seems to be too much celebrity worship around Altman from all the tech/crypto bros

I haven't seen anyone worship Altman.

I've seen people say the board made an incredibly dumb decision for OpenAI.

Like Apple-firing-Jobs level dumb decision.

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Whether you think it's net good for OpenAI to be brought down a rung or two...you can still think it was bad for OpenAPI.

Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by peanuty1 on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:38AM (#38342853)
OpenAI is a non-profit focused on developing safe AGI and Steve Jobs was pivotal in the success of Apple - not sure if Jobs' firing is a good comparison for Sam's firing.
Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by paulddraper on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:40AM (#38342876)
The comparison isn't good because they are two different products?

Or because Altman wasn't pivotal in the success of OpenAI?

Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by yeck on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:57AM (#38343058)
I've seen some likening Sam to Caesar, being betrayed and such. Certainly there are communities that match what the parent comment describes. HN has generally been more balanced than I would have though, though. The fan boys I've personally encountered have been more in the lands of YT and Reddit.
Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by paulddraper on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:05AM (#38343140)
Firing and homicide are different, but certainly he was betrayed, yes?
Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by WalterSear on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:28AM (#38343381)
It's certainly not certain.
Re:Sam Altman Will Not Return to OpenAI as CEO by yeck on Monday November 20, 2023 @02:02AM (#38343693)
I don't really know if he was betrayed because the relationships and communication between Sam and the rest of the board that voted him out isn't exactly public. To use language feels like you are already taking despite lacking information.

Anyhow, I just was using the Caesar example because it was an memorable example that stuck out to me.