• The Bard in GreenA
    0•7 months ago

    EDIT:

    My understanding of the situation was actually pretty backwards and it sounds like the firing took place because AI ethics and safety experts were concerned about how far and how fast the company is pushing. It sounds like they went about it in a way I would associate with hackerspace and non-profit drama (with which I am well antiquated) and that Microsoft and other big backers are furious about it and leading a shareholder revolution to get Altman reinstated. Altman has said he won’t return unless the current board is replaced and corporate governance is overhauled.

    • @NovaPrime@lemmy.ml
      5•7 months ago

      If anything it’s the opposite of that. The board that fired him is the original non profit board comprised of the research scientists and directors whose focus is building AI to benefit humanity as a whole. Altman was the one who brought in external capital and drove a lot of the closed sourcing profit-driven direction lately