Do we have a two-sentence summary on what the EAs could have done better, with hindsight? Overall it was a pretty catastrophic outcome to lose all their power on the board AND become the scapegoat, and I’m not sure what lesson to draw. Inasmuch as Ilya/Mira were less reliable allies than the board thought, maybe we should think they misjudged the situation
I think the answer is either “you don’t know enough about the specifics to have actionable advice” or “return to basic principles”. I generally think that, had they been open about Altman blatantly lying to the board about things, and that Murati and Sutskever were the leaders of the firing, then I think there would’ve been (a) less scapegoating and (b) it would’ve been more likely that Altman would’ve failed his coup.
But I don’t know the details to be confident about actionable advice here.
Make sure the people on the board of OpenAI were not catastrophically naive about corporate politics and public relations? Or, make sure they understand their naïveté well enough to get professional advice beforehand? I just reread the press release and can still barely believe how badly they effed it up.
Do we have a two-sentence summary on what the EAs could have done better, with hindsight? Overall it was a pretty catastrophic outcome to lose all their power on the board AND become the scapegoat, and I’m not sure what lesson to draw. Inasmuch as Ilya/Mira were less reliable allies than the board thought, maybe we should think they misjudged the situation
I think the answer is either “you don’t know enough about the specifics to have actionable advice” or “return to basic principles”. I generally think that, had they been open about Altman blatantly lying to the board about things, and that Murati and Sutskever were the leaders of the firing, then I think there would’ve been (a) less scapegoating and (b) it would’ve been more likely that Altman would’ve failed his coup.
But I don’t know the details to be confident about actionable advice here.
Make sure the people on the board of OpenAI were not catastrophically naive about corporate politics and public relations? Or, make sure they understand their naïveté well enough to get professional advice beforehand? I just reread the press release and can still barely believe how badly they effed it up.