OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired

Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by JimDabell on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:03PM (#38359014)

Since a lot of the board’s responsibilities are tied to capabilities of the platform, it’s possible that Altman asked for Ilya to determine the capabilities, didn’t like the answer, then got somebody else to give the “right” answer, which he presented to the board. A simple dual-track project shouldn’t be a problem, but this kind of thing would be seen as dishonesty by the board.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:30AM (#38360120)

> it’s possible that Altman asked for Ilya to determine the capabilities, didn’t like the answer, then got somebody else to give the “right” answer, which he presented to the board.

This makes no sense given that Ilya is on the board.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by JimDabell on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:56AM (#38360294)

No, it just means that in that scenario Sam would think he could convince the rest of the board that Ilya was wrong because he could find somebody else to give him a preferable answer.

It’s just speculation, anyway. There isn’t really anything I’ve heard that isn’t contradicted by the evidence, so it’s likely at least one thing “known” by the public isn’t actually true.

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