• @ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    1002 years ago

    I imagine this is about financial chicanery or sex pesting but the funniest outcome would be if they just replaced him with ChatGPT to save money. If there’s any job a chatbot can do today, it’s CEO.

    • roguetrick
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      212 years ago

      financial chicanery

      I’m sure he’s failing to find further funding in the current interest rate market and their business model frankly has no profitability end in sight. Running all those computing resources for free is a road to ruin.

      • @FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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        262 years ago

        It actually seems to be the opposite - Altman focussing on commercialization, whereas the board wants to continue the non-commercial focus.

        I really hope this is the case.

        • Kata1yst
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          -152 years ago

          Hahahahahahahaha… A board more interested in non-profit work vs making more money? Sorry, I think this is way over optimistic.

        • deweydecibel
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          That was my guess. I can imagine a situation where he was deliberately understating or obfuscating how vulnerable they were in that regard, or else simply overconfident they were legally in the clear.

  • nicetriangle
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    232 years ago

    The reasons are probably fairly boring but it’d be kinda funny if they hit AGI and now everyone is in freakout mode behind the scenes.

  • Tygr
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    212 years ago

    This is a turning point that could be either really good or bad, depending on who you ask. Senior developers also left due to the news.

    • Buck
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      152 years ago

      All of the senior positions are now listed as Clippy. I have a bad feeling about this…

  • Dr. Dabbles
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    2 years ago

    Awful lot of comments here pretending he didn’t rape his sister. I wonder why.

    Edit: I love that the replies I’m getting literally prove my point. Real repulsive shit.

    • @crystal@feddit.de
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      Because its both irrelevant to the topic (unless that’s the reason he was fired, which I doubt) and a mere allegation. Innocent until proven guilty.

      • Dr. Dabbles
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        -62 years ago

        I’m betting the board doesn’t think incest rape is good for the brand. Good thing he has heroes like you to defend him, otherwise raping his sister might actually tarnish his image.