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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by ryanSrich on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:13PM (#38371922)
Sam's criticality has nothing to do with the technical capabilities of OAI, but everything to do with the commercialization of OAI.
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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by pcrh on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:16PM (#38371960)
How so? Does he control the tech in some way? Patents?
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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by passwordoops on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:18PM (#38371995)
Marketing to VCs and for lack of a better word, nerd influencers
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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by mcpackieh on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:00PM (#38373122)
> for lack of a better word, nerd influencers

Personality cult. Seeing hundreds of employees swearing fealty to their [ex]CEO has been very bizarre.

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