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Sama: I love the OpenAI team so much

by nickrubin on 11/19/23, 4:47 AM with 34 comments

  • by wokwokwok on 11/19/23, 5:25 AM

    I mean, this is getting ridiculous now.

    Really, sort yourselves out.

    This veiled tweet stuff is just drama queens being dramatic for the sake of it at this point.

    I care what happens to openAI … but at this point I give literally zero fucks what people are tweeting and what it may / may not / according some insider / outsider / person close to it who renames nameless might mean or not mean.

    Sam tweeting “I <3 openAI” is not HN news worthy content.

  • by awb on 11/19/23, 5:15 AM

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai...

    > Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him.

    > Altman holding talks with the company just a day after he was ousted indicates that OpenAI is in a state of free-fall without him. Hours after he was axed, Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and former board chairman, resigned, and the two have been talking to friends and investors about starting another company. A string of senior researchers also resigned on Friday, and people close to OpenAI say more departures are in the works.

    Maybe a deal actually went through? Or he’s referring to the resignations?

  • by CSMastermind on 11/19/23, 5:27 AM

    Greg Brockman and Brad Lightcap (current COO) both immediately retweeted it with just a heart.

    https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1726100488947679304

    https://twitter.com/bradlightcap

  • by kubrickslair on 11/19/23, 5:41 AM

    I think this is the relevant post with senior OpenAI folks reposting with heart:

    Counted 52 OpenAI employees supporting @sama with more rolling in by the minute

    https://twitter.com/FreddieRaynolds/status/17261100249827369...

  • by dr_dshiv on 11/19/23, 5:31 AM

    “hi if i start something new, will you join me?”

    If enough yeses at openai, sama has plenty of leverage for coming back or starting up.

  • by malwarebytess on 11/19/23, 5:22 AM

    This strikes me as narcissistic. Maybe the board wasn't wrong.
  • by Lejoon on 11/19/23, 5:26 AM

    1 year ago people were complaining that OpenAI wasn’t acting enough like a non-profit.

    Now when they adhere to their mission statement and valued they get totally overrun by silicon valley tech bros.

    The money/profit leg of OpenAI seems to be in actual control.

    Money talks.

  • by chipgap98 on 11/19/23, 4:52 AM

    Well this clears things up /s
  • by rideontime on 11/19/23, 4:58 AM

    god what a creep.