Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board about AI breakthrough

Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by toddmorey on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @10:58PM (#38389080)

Here's my challenge: if this is correct, we then have to assume that 95% of the company is purely profit-motivated since they aligned behind Sam. I'm cynical, but I struggle to be that cynical. I would have expected a few more holdouts in the name of caution, EA, etc. Maybe it's a blindness.

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by 0xEFF on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:05PM (#38389129)

I think it’s reasonable that 95% of people would choose generational wealth for their families given the opportunity.

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by toddmorey on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:13PM (#38389188)

But at current valuations? With existing licenses already in place? It's not like their commercial value (or value to Microsoft) drops to zero if they stick to the original mission don't license AGI.

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