Greater things??? What could be bigger than ChatGPT?At 8:42 PM Pacific, Greg Brockman released a joint statement from himself and Sam Altman on X.
Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today.
Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and all of those who have been reaching out.
We too are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. Here is what we know:
- Last night, Sam got a text from Ilya asking to talk at noon Friday. Sam joined a Google Meet and the whole board, except Greg, was there. Ilya told Sam he was being fired and that the news was going out very soon.
- At 12:19pm, Greg got a text from Ilya asking for a quick call. At 12:23pm, Ilya sent a Google Meet link. Greg was told that he was being removed from the board (but was vital to the company and would retain his role) and that Sam had been fired. Around the same time, OpenAI published a blog post.
- As far as we know, the management team was made aware of this shortly after, other than Mira who found out the night prior.
The outpouring of support has been really nice; thank you, but please don’t spend any time being concerned. We will be fine. Greater things coming soon.
At 9:05 PM Pacific, Sam Altman posted his second statement on X today:
i love you all. today was a weird experience in many ways. but one unexpected one is that it has been sorta like reading your own eulogy while you’re still alive. the outpouring of love is awesome. one takeaway: go tell your friends how great you think they are.
Pretty sure you lost more relative wealth buying six of your weird specialized kitchen gadgets
Hopefully thisGreater things??? What could be bigger than ChatGPT?
I think you also have things backwards.
Wtf?THE DRAMA
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Altman is “ambivalent” and wants governance changes.www.theverge.com
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Both internal (employees) and external (investors) pressure.Wtf?
The board that fired him wants him back?
What changed in 24hrs?
Wtf?
The board that fired him wants him back?
What changed in 24hrs?
Which board member that fired him changed their mind and wants him back?Both internal (employees) and external (investors) pressure.
I bet Altman would only come back if he can fire those four board members who fired him first
The same one! Chief Scientist.Which board member that fired him changed their mind and wants him back?
He's completely teary eyed now.The same one! Chief Scientist.
I demand to know who spanked him and just how muchHe's completely teary eyed now.
(wish he had been the payload you were sending into the low orbit using a catapult)Played around with some of these tools and it's kinda crazy how it works. Using ChatGPT feels more like you're just using a search engine and it's tempting to think that all it's doing is googling what you are asking and then formulating it into an answer, but when you actually start to realize that it's not actually how it works, but rather it's AI, it's pretty impressive. At this point I don't see this replacing jobs but it can be used as a tool. You could in theory engineer a product with it. I was asking it questions like how do I go about sending a payload into low earth orbit using a catapult and it actually went through all the calculations of how fast the catapult has to get the item moving, how much fuel is needed to circularize the orbit, etc. It's incredible that you can just ask it these completely random technical questions and it will actually have an answer.
The photo generating ones are pretty crazy too. I keep assuming it's just using google image search and then mashing results together, but don't think it works that way either, i think it literally knows what the words mean, what those objects would look like, and then generates it, which is quite wild. Those are also the funnest to put the most weird things into to see what it comes up with.
Putin riding a horse on surf board. Nailed it.
isn't it wild to realise we are literally living on the brink of yet another revolution, like how the industrial revolution had changed the whole world and how everything operates before, then it was the internet and smartphones and now AI? I already feel like there's a MASSIVE difference between me and Gen Alpha and I'm not even fully in my 30s yetFortunately I suspect that by the time Skynet takes over I'll either be dead or too old to care a whole lot.
Bad news is my kids (and even more my grandkids!) are very likely going to take it in the neck.
Microsoft hires the fired CEO: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20...res-sam-altman-greg-brockman-employees-openai
OpenAI employees threaten to defect to Microsoft unless the board resigns: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20...oyees-resignation-letter-microsoft-sam-altman
He ain't coming back: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23967515/sam-altman-openai-board-fired-new-ceo
Oh but the sneaky fella IS plotting to come back! https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23969586/sam-altman-plotting-return-open-ai-microsoft
What in carnation is GOING ON??????
What in carnation is GOING ON??????
Like 90% of persuasion is just confidence, and AI is already pretty confident, even if it's not always 100% right.now he can get back to creating his super AI with a board who won't trifle it with potential ethical ramifications
i guess like most things though, it's probably going to happen eventually, and if so it's best to be first
I mean, it was the 80s. That's closer to the reality I remember than I think most would prefer to remember.The kid smoking is the icing on the cake here.
I mean, it was the 80s. That's closer to the reality I remember than I think most would prefer to remember.