Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. (twitter.com)
from narwhal@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 20 Nov 2023 10:44
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blaine@kbin.social on 20 Nov 2023 16:40 next collapse

Thereby proving everything the board feared about him. Good riddance.

newtraditionalists@beehaw.org on 20 Nov 2023 17:06 collapse

How on earth are people not totally repulsed by Altman? Capitalist to the core. Gross to see all his employees drank the kool aid too. I work in tech, but non-profit side, so I sometimes forget just how driven by money the tech sector is. Altman is a fucking bond villain at this point.

anachronist@midwest.social on 20 Nov 2023 18:05 next collapse

I suspect that the employees were made to understand that their careers would be damaged by not going with Altman. That’s the most obvious explanation for Ilya’s defection and complete about-face (and now public begging for forgiveness) over the weekend.

newtraditionalists@beehaw.org on 20 Nov 2023 18:07 collapse

Yeah makes sense. Thanks for the insight, I guess I was just too annoyed to see the obvious lol

spaduf@slrpnk.net on 21 Nov 2023 20:58 collapse

They were probably more swayed by the loss of their upcoming payout than any love for Altman. Increasingly sounds like Ilya just bungled the timing