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This is unfathomably depressing for me; I am solidly in the non-profit, open etc. camp, and the way the board has handled the situation seems to be putting a tombstone to any opponents to Altman's way of doing things: profits uber alles, moats galore, non-profit-wink-wink-nudge-nudge; an unmitigated disaster.

>>ykonst+(OP)
Other commenters here have pointed out what seems to be most plausible: Altman was making moves to fire or alter the board, so they made a (bad) first move, and it's now backfired on them.

It's a bad situation.

>>ykonst+(OP)
If you want more open research and development, you should be happy for a closed OpenAI. It's why we have Mistral. Let the org redefine itself and push new boundaries. If we didn't have commercial unix there would be no linux. Allow the path to be blazed by VC, it's not about open technology being first, it's about it even existing at all.

>>kelsey+69
Uhh... sure; whatever.

>>ykonst+Ud
Glad you see my point and agree with me. Happy to have helped change at least one mind. Enjoy your day!

>>kelsey+Gf
This passive-agressive back-and-forth: a summary of what happened behind closed doors between Ilya and Sam

>>ykonst+(OP)
Folks in general are going to look much more askance of complicated corporate structures.