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0 pointsimperfect_light1y ago0 comments

The board should have been transparent about the dishonesty, especially around financial stakes, and I suspect the OpenAI employees and MSFT would have reacted differently.

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stale20021y ago

The dishonesty regarding the ChatGPT release sounds like the best decision that Sam or anyone could have made in the history of the company.

The ChatGPT release is what made the AI movement go mainstream. It is why OpenAI is worth ~80 billion dollars.

By Gods am I glad that the board wasn't able to stop ChatGPT from being released.

joquarky1y ago

I thought it wasn't "released" initially in a manner that was meant to be a product.

I seem to recall that the release in late November 2022 was only intended to be a way for volunteers on the Internet to experiment with it and provide feedback.

mr_toad1y ago

> It is why OpenAI is worth ~80 billion dollars.

Worth to who?

tibbar1y ago

Well, that was the valuation of their last fund raising round, which included a tender offer to employees. So it was worth that much to investors and to its current employees.

stale20021y ago

Worth is determined in the same way that it is for every single other thing in the world.

It is "worth" what someone else is willing to pay for it.

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stale20021y ago

The dishonesty regarding the ChatGPT release sounds like the best decision that Sam or anyone could have made in the history of the company.

The ChatGPT release is what made the AI movement go mainstream. It is why OpenAI is worth ~80 billion dollars.

By Gods am I glad that the board wasn't able to stop ChatGPT from being released.

joquarky1y ago

I thought it wasn't "released" initially in a manner that was meant to be a product.

I seem to recall that the release in late November 2022 was only intended to be a way for volunteers on the Internet to experiment with it and provide feedback.

mr_toad1y ago

> It is why OpenAI is worth ~80 billion dollars.

Worth to who?

tibbar1y ago

Well, that was the valuation of their last fund raising round, which included a tender offer to employees. So it was worth that much to investors and to its current employees.

stale20021y ago

Worth is determined in the same way that it is for every single other thing in the world.

It is "worth" what someone else is willing to pay for it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse