[FRIAM] Open AI

[Pietro Terna]

     Many thanks, Pietro

Il 22/11/23 08:49, Pieter Steenekamp ha scritto:
> https://twitter.com/sama/status/1727207458324848883?t=Dms3joF7SRmHQQ--nGVv8w&s=19 
> <https://twitter.com/sama/status/1727207458324848883?t=Dms3joF7SRmHQQ--nGVv8w&s=19>
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> On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 9:42 am Pieter Steenekamp, 
> <pieters at randcontrols.co.za> wrote:
>
>     Hot off the press; Sam is going back to OpenAI.
>     A new board has been appointed.
>     It seems like Sam got what he wanted.
>
>     On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 7:22 am Pieter Steenekamp,
>     <pieters at randcontrols.co.za> wrote:
>
>         Background
>         OpenAI is actually two companies. The original not for profit
>         parent company and the for profit subsidiary.
>         The parent, not for profit, appoints the board of the for
>         profit subsidiary and does not have a fudiciary obligation
>         towards the financial well-being of the company, only towards
>         humanity; to ensure that AI is developed for the good of humanity.
>         On Friday the board fired the CEO, Sam Altman, without giving
>         reasons.
>         Since then Sam got an offer from Microsoft to join them and
>         start a new AI Microsoft subsidiary. Sam is reluctant to take
>         it, he seems to think that will kill OpenAi.
>         95 percent of OpenAI employees signed a letter that if Sam
>         goes to Microsoft they will join him. Microsoft said they will
>         accomdate them.
>         Now we are waiting - will OpenAI take Sam back? Will Sam and
>         95 percent of OpenAI's employees join MS?
>         Or is there something else going to happen?
>         A Netflix movie couldn't have more drama and suspens.
>
>         On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, 2:14 am Marcus Daniels,
>         <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>
>             https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/openai-ilya-sutskever-sam-altman-fired/676072/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
>             <https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/openai-ilya-sutskever-sam-altman-fired/676072/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share>
>
>             *From: *Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of
>             Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com>
>             *Date: *Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 4:00 PM
>             *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>             <friam at redfish.com>
>             *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Open AI
>
>             Rumors I have read:
>
>             1) Sam Altman was looking for money from sovereign wealth
>             fund from Saudi Arabia to fund an NVIDIA competitor.   And
>             this was one example of him working side gigs not related
>             to the Open AI mission.
>
>             2) That the energy demands of LLMs on Azure are just too
>             expensive, and the money lost per query is becoming too
>             expensive, even for Microsoft’s hosting of OpenAI.
>
>             3) That there was a breakthrough in artificial general
>             intelligence and Sam Altman wouldn’t press the brakes.
>
>             *From: *Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of
>             Pietro Terna <pietro.terna at unito.it>
>             *Date: *Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 2:29 PM
>             *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>             <friam at redfish.com>
>             *Subject: *[FRIAM] Open AI
>
>             Dear All,
>
>                 can you explain to an old Italian friend the Open AI
>             soap opera or drama?
>
>                 Best, Pietro
>
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