“OpenAI: Altman Returns” by Zvi

As of this morning, the new board is in place and everything else at OpenAI is otherwise officially back to the way it was before.

Events seem to have gone as expected. If you have read my previous two posts on the OpenAI situation, nothing here should surprise you.

Still seems worthwhile to gather the postscripts, official statements and reactions into their own post for future ease of reference.

What will the ultimate result be? We likely only find that out gradually over time, as we await both the investigation and the composition and behaviors of the new board.

I do not believe Q* played a substantive roll in events, so it is not included here. I also do not include discussion here of how good or bad Altman has been for safety.

Sam Altman's Statement

Here is the official OpenAI statement from Sam [...]

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Outline:

(00:49) Sam Altman's Statement

(07:17) Bret Taylor's Statement

(10:30) Larry Summers's Statement

(11:11) Helen Toner's Statement

(13:00) OpenAI Needs a Strong Board That Can Fire Its CEO

(15:57) Some Board Member Candidates

(16:54) A Question of Valuation

(18:28) A Question of Optics

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First published:
November 30th, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/EfqAdxR7bvwQLMTQc/openai-altman-returns

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.