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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by serial_dev on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:51AM (#38377167)
Yes, the original letter had (for an official letter) quite some serious allegations, insinuations. If after a week, they decided not to back up their claims, I'm not sure there is anything big coming.

On the other hand, if they had some serious concerns, serious enough to fire the CEO in such a disgraceful way, I don't understand why they don't stick to their guns, and explain themselves. If you think OpenAI under Sam's leadership is going to destroy humanity, I don't understand how they (e.g. Ilya) reverted their opinions after a day or two.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by carlossouza on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:58AM (#38377631)
These board members failed miserably in their intent.

Also, they will find a hard time joining any other board from now on.

They should have backed up the claims in the letter. They didn’t.

This means they didn’t have how to backup their claims. They didn’t think it through… extremely amateurish behavior.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by ZiiS on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:04AM (#38377673)
D'Angelo wasn't even removed from this board; this is simply not how failing works at this level.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by iowemoretohim on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:46AM (#38378453)
He's part of the selection panel but he won't be a part of the new 9 member board.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by richardwhiuk on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:21AM (#38377776)
Yet
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by Kye on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:24AM (#38377410)
It's possible the big, chaotic blowup forced some conversations that were easier to avoid in the normal day-to-day, and those conversations led to some vital resolution of concerns.
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