"According to people familiar with the board's thinking, members had grown so untrusting of Altman that they felt it necessary to double-check nearly everything he told them," the WSJ report said. The sources said it wasn't a single incident that led to the firing, "but a consistent, slow erosion of trust over time that made them increasingly... See more
In an interview with Forbes in January, DâAngelo argued that one of OpenAIâs strengths was its capped-profit business structure and nonprofit control. âThereâs no outcome where this organization is one of the big five technology companies,â DâAngelo said. âThis is something thatâs fundamentally different, and my hope is that we can do a lot more... See more
âItâs such a big city,â Kohn tells me. âYou live alone, you do things alone. People go to work, come home, and just want to relax...youâre not really meeting as many people as youâd like.â
Gaming is a hits-driven business, where the biggest productions cost hundreds of millions of dollars and need to find a way to recoup their sizable investments. As a result, the companies behind these massive games look for as many ways as possible to mitigate risk, either by copying popular trends (like the battle royale craze of the late 2010s)... See more
Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon Generalâs Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community
The document addresses the issue of loneliness and isolation in society, highlighting the importance of social connection for individual health, well-being, and community outcomes.
My guess is that watching the keynote would have made the mismatch between OpenAI's mission and the reality of its current focus impossible to ignore. I'm sure I wasn't the only one that cringed during it.
I think the mismatch between mission and reality was impossible to fix.