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I still haven't heard an explanation of why people who use GPT would be under the impression that Sam had anything to do with the past improvements in GPT versions.

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Have you really never been at a place without someone with vision leading the cause? Try it some time and you'll start understanding how and why a CEO can make or break a company.

This happens all the time. It's far more common for teams to succeed despite (or even in spite) of executive leadership.

> It's far more common for teams to succeed despite (or even in spite) of executive leadership.

People say this like it's some kind of truism but I've never seen it happened and when questioned everyone I've known who's claimed it ends up admitting they were measuring their "success" by a different metric then the company.

Of course it isn’t. Without executive sponsorship there is no staff or resources.

The vision of Worldcoin dude to get rich quick? Very inspiring.

Sam attracted money and attention, which attracted talent. If Sam departs for another venture, some - or a lot - of the talent and attention and money will leave too. This isn’t a car factory where you can replace one worker with another. If some of the top folks leave with Sam (as they already are) it’s reasonable to assume that the product will suffer.

If technical expertise is what drove all progress, Google / DeepMind would be far ahead right now.

Brockman maybe, though. Or at least in some sort of leadership capacity.

I'd understand the argument for Brockman considering he had a hand in recruiting the initial team at OpenAI, was previously the CTO, from some reports still involved himself in coding, was the only other founder on the board besides Ilya.

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