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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by pyb on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:34AM (#38344748)
Curious to see how long Sam lasts as an employee.
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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by nopromisessir on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:41AM (#38345504)
It's gonna be a special unit. He's not gonna be an employee.

Once you lead at that level... It's max autonomy going forward. Source: Elon. Guy hates a board with power as much as Zuckerberg. Employee? Ha .. Out of the question.

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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by ethanbond on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:00AM (#38346788)
So as a result Elon actually isn’t an employee… whereas Sam will be an employee, ultimately
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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by nopromisessir on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:21AM (#38346954)
There are more structures available than simply gobbling something up and everyone is your employee.

See openai investment with technology transfers and sunset clauses. They just did a new dance.

They'll prod do something special for these guys.

They would never be employees. That's for non Sam Altman's and non Brockmans. Brockman is prob already a billionaire from openai shares. No employees here. Big boys.

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