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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by woopsn on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:17PM (#38373285)
What is there to explain? Sam Altman played a stupid game, founding a sham nonprofit instead of a startup, and won a stupid prize when the board fired him for dishonesty.
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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by lmm on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:36PM (#38374449)
> Sam Altman played a stupid game, founding a sham nonprofit instead of a startup, and won a stupid prize when the board fired him for dishonesty.

What dishonesty? I'm sympathetic to this version of events, but if it's true then the board ought to be able to give specifics - and if they can't then the strident tone of the initial announcement was unjustified.

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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by paulddraper on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:19PM (#38373304)
> What is there to explain?

Why Altman was fired.

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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by m3kw9 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:31PM (#38373407)
The genius board allowed it to happen.
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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by woopsn on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:22PM (#38373829)
Certain prominent members noped out, but yeah.
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Re:Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his poss... by BanTheBastards on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:53AM (#38376260)
It would help if anyone believed Silicon Valley was capable of producing a non-profit of any value to begin with.
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