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I believe this to be central here, as it was likely when OpenAI stopped pretending to be a non-profit.
I do think that both Elon and the board underestimated how charismatic that Altman must be to have so many people willing to walk out over him being fired. They (not claiming Elon was in this one) certainly tried to push things into one direction without realizing that they never could win.
I don't know how much was charisma, and how much was the workforce looking for the success that comes from commercialising the tech over a non-profit entity giving the tech away. Not everyone is an altruist.
He wasnt that charismatic. Microsoft offered everyone at openai a spot in their top ai division if they signed that letter, with all the employee benefits and clout that microsoft employment can offer. Of course they signed it!
interesting, so it was really about the money
yeah, I wrote a "conspiracy theory" of sorts as a comment a few months ago about that as the situation developed. Turns out it was true, microsoft used OpenAI's CEO to remove critical board members, so they get control over the non-profit part of the company that controls the patents/software.
I want to read it, can I get a link?