Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu...
by axus on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:54AM
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I'm imagining they see themselves in the position of Microsoft employees about to release Windows 95, or Apple employees about to release the iPhone... and someone wants to get rid of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.
Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu...
by rvnx on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @10:36AM
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See, neither Bill Gates nor Steve Jobs are around these companies, and all is fine.
Apple and Microsoft even have the strongest financial results in their lifetime.
Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu...
by ronchalant on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:01AM
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Gates and Jobs helped establish these companies as the powerhouses they are today with their leadership in the 90s and 00s.
It's fair to say that what got MS and Apple to dominance may be different from what it takes to keep them there, but which part of that corporate timeline more closely resembles OpenAI?
You say “group think” like it's a bad thing. There's always wisdom in crowds. We have a mob mentality as an evolutionary advantage. You're also willing to believe that 3–4 people can make better judgement calls than 800 people. That's only possible if the board has information that's not public, and I don't think they do, or else they would have published it already.
And … it doesn't matter why there's such a wide consensus. Whether they care about their legacy, or earnings, or not upsetting their colleagues, doesn't matter. The board acted poorly, undoubtedly. Even if they had legitimate reasons to do what they did, that stopped mattering.