>>johnwh+Uc1
This should be higher voted. Seems like an internal power struggle between the more academic types and the commercial minded sides of OpenAI.
I bet Sam goes and founds a company to take on OpenAI…and wins.
>>dannyk+Le1
From all accounts, Altman is a smart operator. So the whole story doesn’t make sense. Altman being the prime mover, doesn’t have sufficient traction with the board to protect his own position and allows a few non-techies to boot him out ?
But…smart operator? Based on what? What trials has he navigated through that displayed great operational skills? When did he steer a company through a rocky time?