Firing Sam and then trying to bring him back is a hot mess.
We recorded 4 claims from this post. 4 can’t be checked. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (4)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Conditional forecast
“If Sam doesn’t come back, Mira may rightfully be perturbed, and if the rumor is correct they’ve now undermined her.”
Our reading: If Altman does not return, Mira Murati may rightly be perturbed, and if the rumor is true, the board has undermined her.
No horizon
Only if: if Sam Altman doesn't come back
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Conditional forecast
“If Sam does come back, they have accomplished nothing (and probably lost Ilya and the $86B secondary sale) and returned to someone they don’t trust, and given him more power, which may inherently undermine safety.”
Our reading: If Altman returns, the board will have accomplished nothing, probably lost Ilya Sutskever and the $86B secondary sale, and given more power to someone it doesn't trust.
No horizon
Only if: if Sam Altman comes back
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Conditional forecast
“If Sam does come back, they have accomplished nothing (and probably lost Ilya and the $86B secondary sale) and returned to someone they don’t trust, and given him more power, which may inherently undermine safety.”
Our reading: If Sam Altman comes back, the board will have given him more power, which may inherently undermine safety.
No horizon
Only if: if Sam does come back
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“From the outside, it’s extremely hard to see how all that adds up to a well-played , well-thought through hand.”
Our reading: From the outside, it is extremely hard to see how the OpenAI board's actions around firing and trying to rehire Sam Altman add up to a well-played, well-thought-through hand.
No horizon
Qualifier: from the outside
Held from this post (1)
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