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by Aunche 756 days ago
> Before you throw around accusations of incompetence, you should probably have some shred of evidence.

The evidence is in this interview. It sounded like the board basically let Altman walk all over them until they suddenly decided that they wanted to fire him, but by then it was too late. For example, if they had a thorough paper trail documenting all of his lies, they could threaten a lawsuit pressuring him to resign. If YC fired him, they likely would have used a similar strategy to pressure him to step down without any blowback.
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comp_throw7 756 days ago
> they could threaten a lawsuit pressuring him to resign

This is extremely confused about the board's responsiblities and powers. A court would laugh this case out of court because the board _can just fire him_.

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Aunche 756 days ago
This has nothing to do with the board's power. Simply firing him doesn't stop him from taking all his employees with him. The lawsuit would be for the damage of Altman's lies, and would prevent him from simply starting another AI company.
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shagie 755 days ago
Would that be some sort of non-compete agreement that would need to be enforceable in California?
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