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1. johnwh+Uc1[view] [source] 2023-11-18 02:36:00
>>davidb+(OP)
Ilya booted him https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1725702501435941294
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2. dannyk+Le1[view] [source] 2023-11-18 02:50:37
>>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.

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3. thomas+Oh1[view] [source] 2023-11-18 03:13:18
>>dannyk+Le1
Yes, and wins with an inferior product. Hooray /s

If the company's 'Chief Scientist' is this unhappy about the direction the CEO is taking the company, maybe there's something to it.

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4. lll-o-+qE1[view] [source] 2023-11-18 05:56:55
>>thomas+Oh1
Because the Chief Scientist let ideology overrule pragmatism. There is always a tension between technical and commercial. That’s a battle that should be fought daily, but never completely won.

This looks like a terrible decision, but I suppose we must wait and see.

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5. pmoria+DI2[view] [source] 2023-11-18 14:35:28
>>lll-o-+qE1
> This looks like a terrible decision

What did Sam Altman personally do that made firing him such a terrible decision?

More to the point, what can't OpenAI do without Altman that they could do with him?

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