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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by ketzo on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:27PM (#38383910)
Okay, keep silent to save your own ass, fine

But why would anyone expect 800 people to risk their livelihoods and work without a little serious justification? This was an inevitable reaction.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by murakamiiq84 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:40PM (#38386207)
I think it's important to keep in mind that BOTH Altman and the board maneuvered to threaten to destroy OpenAI.

If Altman was silent and/or said something like "people take some time off for Thanksgiving, in a week calmer minds will prevail" while negotiating behind the scenes, OpenAI would look a lot less dire in the last few days. Instead he launched a public pressure campaign, likely pressured Mira, got Satya to make some fake commitments, got Greg Bockman's wife to emotionally pressure Ilya, etc.

Masterful chess, clearly. But playing people like pieces nonetheless.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by paulddraper on Thursday November 23, 2023 @02:12PM (#38396317)
Why couldn't those people have acted on their own judgement?
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