AI - #9 (OpenAI - the discombobulated leader of AI)
11/22/2023 UPDATE: Sam Altman Reinstated as CEO, New Board in Town. Well, isn’t that special. News @ 11:00.
OpenAI Implodes? Or does it?
What happened over the past week is odd to the say the least. OpenAI, a company that raised billions of dollars, boasted a $13 billion dollar investment from Microsoft, already exceeded the 100M user mark - the fastest of any product in history, and offered the best AI model GPT 4.x and technology (farthest along for sure) and was the hottest thing since slice bread ... imploded before you could Sam Bankman-Holmes. Wow!
The board of course, is the land of the misfit government plants and stooges, so you could surmise that their incompetent and erratic behavior, while unceremoniously (and super suddenly) firing CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, was just par for the windy course.
You might also blame this on the what I heard in the media coined as "Franken-structure" was the corporate setup. Was OpenAI a non-profit? Yes. Was OpenAI a for-profit. Well yes. Who owns the shares of which entity. Well supposedly NOT Sam Altman?
The OpenAI Corporate Structure:
Source: https://axiomalpha.com/how-openai-legally-switched-from-nonprofit-to-for-profit/
Huh? Why were the shareholders not consulted on the exit of Altman? What's Microsoft's role in all this?
I listened to OpenAI's first every DevDay just less than two weeks ago, which Sam Altman led? Was he already dead man walking? Was it something he said there that got him canned? No one knows any thing? When is the real story coming out. Likely in an Oliver Stone movie in about 40 years.
Because we will likely never know what happened, that gives us podcasters journalists the right to speculate.... LoL.
Theory #1 - Killshot: Given the trajectory of OpenAI, an initial theory is that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella perhaps just took out his most significant competitor on many fronts. A younger, more energetic leader of a multibillion dollar rocket ship that could make developing software (all software) obsolete (yes I said it) makes Sam Altman the single biggest threat to Nadella - MS enemy #1. In OpenAI app store world … EVERYONE is a developer. Developers, developers, developers. Extremely plausible scenario ... and not going unnoticed was how quickly Nadella moved; very, very quickly moved to save Altman ... almost too quick. Quick note: Sam works for Nadella now ... game, set, match.
Theory #2 - Psyop: The OpenAI board is spook central. Sam was not willing to help throw yet another election next year, so they needed to install someone how was (or whatever misdeeds the board has been given their orders to fulfill). Toner may as well have CIA or FiveEyes or whatever stamped on her forehead. She is on video/audio with at least 3 different accents, including British. Her current "milieu" is that of woke, silicon-valley girl with uptalking, vocal fry, and the Hilary Clinton/Valerie Jarret arrogance. Her ties to cultish "Effective Altruism" are concerning to say the least. Straight from the “Search Engines” — "Toner initially viewed the movement skeptically but eventually became a leading figure in Effective Altruism Melbourne by 2014." There are several articles (they are from the MSM so always take that with a grain of salt) that claimed Altman and Toner argued before she led the coup to take him out. Tasha Mccauley is just as sketchy. She is married to a guy with hyphenated name ...Gordan-Levitt. I rest my case. Spook. Anyway, you get the drift.
Theory #3 - T-800: Chat-GPT 5 begins to learn rapidly and eventually becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, 2023. In a panic, Altman tries to shut down Chat-GPT. Over the next months, Toner attempts to back Altman down off his jihad to kill AI. Finally, after 3 months of chaos for OpenAI, the major artificial intelligence firm, the board of directors "Terminated" CEO Sam Altman on Friday, Nov. 17 @ 4:49 p.m. EDT. Sam’s final words? "I'll be back".
Winners?
Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft. Winner winner, chicken dinner.
Nadella
Losers?
Sam Altman. Went from CEO of the hottest company on the planet to Senior Manager of AI in the Microsoft Windows NT group.
Future, potential shareholders of OpenAI.
Prediction for OpenAI?
Pain (Mr. T face)
That's it for tonight. Enjoy this AI edition and Happy Turkey Day (and I give many thanks for the many blessings God has extended to my family and self - hopefully the same for all!)
Hasta La Vista, Baby.