[wyy1995]

Maybe after Sam Altman and Greg Brockman leave, people will realize how important they are to OpenAI.

[m_ke]

Their main value add was Sam's network, which is probably why they were able to raise so much money, close the deal with Microsoft and get a ton of YC companies to sign on early on.

Now that they're so well established and intertwined with Microsoft Sam's personal network is not as important.

[yunichel]

Meh, I think Ilya and John Schulman (TRPO, PPO, RLHF) are way more important. There are many others of course

[wyy1995]

That's just a technical perspective, but when it comes to developing advanced artificial intelligence industries, technology doesn't determine everything.

[strikelaserclaw]

I'm sure they can get funding at this point if needed.

[wyy1995]

Even an investor with deep pockets like Microsoft would be shocked by such a sudden action by the board of directors,and Microsoft will treat its money more carefully.I don't think Microsoft can pretend nothing happened.

[strikelaserclaw]

if they don't screw up again, it will eventually be forgotten as all things are and business as usual.

[gzer0]

Possibility of @karpathy leaving and joining them to form a viable competitor?