What Happened at OpenAI?

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Document like this, that were written by an actual lawyer, highlight the problems that we are starting to see from the combined popularity of science fiction in Silicon Valley and widespread microdosing of hallucinogens. Patrik nailed it xD !

"Documents like this that were written by an ACTUAL lawyer" hahaha. Patrick's delivery is brilliant.

A storm in a teacup? Three board members focused on AI safety are eliminated, leaving only the AI monetization faction

The real issue is how you can get corporate governance structure to be focused on long term returns, not short term ones. Many decisions that are bad for employees/customers/society are still good for shareholders, but only in the short term while still being bad for them in the longterm. If you can make sure that shareholders and their representatives are only focused on long term gains then their interests will align far more closely with everyone else's.

Microsoft was using OpenAI as a legal cutout to protect themselves. Any developments that trigger legal actions protect Microsoft profits since OpenAI would be the responsible party in any suits. Microsoft would take the intellectual bounty of OpenAI and profit from its deployment by licensing. Always follow the money flow taking into account how the legal system could dam or divert it.

The only downside of a bunker in New Zealand is that a wizard might whisk you away on a quest to steal from a dragon

Did the board not ask ChatGPT what to do??

Never heard of a Board misreading a situation so badly and seemingly destroying so much potential value over so short a time.

17:00 I find it funny that theres not a single corporation type in the list that primarily focuses on serving its own customers. Seems lot of modern corporate heads have forgotten that the end user is the single most important person for the company, and shareholders come a distant second in comparison. Without customers, there is no company.

2:37 autonomous driving being associated with a car firmly planted into a building facade seems quite natural in retrospect

I work in the innovation economy in SF and have been tracking this since Friday and it is like music to my ears hearing how ridiculous it all is from Patrick.

A non-profit board overseeing responsible AI is all good in theory and for PR purposes, but if that board actually exercises power when needed to ensure responsible AI, the valley bros scream "foul play!!" and overthrow it. Banana AI republic.

This is the best explanation of the OpenAI drama that I have ever seen. Thank you for making this video, Sir.

Altman seems to have the same philosophy as Oppenheimer. If anyone is going to create a potential world ending technology, it's important we do it first.

If I'm not mistaken non-competes are BANNED in SF. That's why everyone in OpenAI could leave for Microsoft, this is very common in software due to that

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Congrats to Patrick for getting a 20 minute video out of the situation when we still don't even know WHAT Sam Altman was fired for, other than vague allegations that an Open A.I project solved a cool bit of calculus and some researchers immediately foresaw an image of the future that was a mechanical foot standing on a human skull, forever. =/

Bottom line: The Board of Directors does not, in fact, control OpenAI, because profitssssss

Open AI made their own shitty version of the government and then when the stakeholders that actually mattered (employees) said no it got overthrown. Why not just give workers representation on the real board and advocate for legislation in the industry? Seems like the actual way to meet their stated goals.