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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by anupamchugh on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:56PM (#38358961)
There’s lots of conflicts of interests beyond Adam and his Poe AI. Yes, he was building a commerical bot using OpenAI APIs, but Sam was apparently working on other side ventures too. And Sam was the person who invested in Quora during his YC tenure, and must have had a say in bringing him onboard. At this point, the spotlight is on most members of the nonprofit board
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by nemo44x on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:11PM (#38359091)
I wouldn’t hold Sam bringing him over in too high a regard. Fucking each other over is a sport in Silicon Valley. You’re subservient exactly until the moment you sense an opportunity to dominate. It’s just business.
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by TerrifiedMouse on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:13AM (#38359605)
Why did Altman bring him onboard in the first place? What value does he provide? If there is a conflict of interest why didn’t Altman see it?

If this Quora guy is the cause of all this, Altman only has himself to blame since he is the reason the Quora guy is on the board.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by kaoD on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:54AM (#38360681)
That Quora guy was CTO and VPEng of Facebook so plenty of connections I guess.

Also Quora seems like a good source of question-and-answer data which has probably been key in gpt-instruct training.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by bezier-curve on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:49PM (#38359401)
"Business" sucks then. This is sociopathic behavior.
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by rjbwork on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:05AM (#38359546)
Yes. That is what is valued in the economic system we have. Absolute cut throat dominance to take as big a chunk of any pie you can get your grubby little fingers into yields the greatest amount of capital.
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by bredren on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:59PM (#38359482)
What has been seen can not be unseen. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=881296
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by dendrite9 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:05AM (#38361199)
Thanks for that. The discussion feels like a look into another world, which I guess is what history is.
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by nemo44x on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:05AM (#38365498)
It’s not just business that works like this. Any type of organization of consequence has sociopaths at the top. It’s the only way to get there. It’s a big game that some people know how to play well and that many people are oblivious to.
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