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Re:OpenAI investors keep pushing for Sam Altman’s return by flappyeagle on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:16PM (#38370287)
Do you think they hired those people because they're useless?

> The board is calling their bluff right now

The board is not doing much of anything. They picked a CEO then she went to team sam. Then they picked another CEO and now he's threatening them with resignation. Not to mention the 3 other people they tried to bring into the role who refused.

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Re:OpenAI investors keep pushing for Sam Altman’s return by righthand on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:20PM (#38370349)
No I think they hired them because they can do the job the agreed to pay them. I don’t think these people are irreplaceable, that would be silly. That’s what Sam Altman wants you to think.
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Re:OpenAI investors keep pushing for Sam Altman’s return by jacquesm on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:42PM (#38370676)
> I don’t think these people are irreplaceable, that would be silly.

Maybe go and spend some time to bone up on who exactly works for OpenAI, what their track record is (education, publications and so on) and then tell me where you are going to find another 700 people that talented who will want to work for a company this damaged.

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Re:OpenAI investors keep pushing for Sam Altman’s return by righthand on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:52PM (#38370837)
That’s only if 700 people are all doing the same job. The entire company is key engineering talent? That seems unlikely.
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