Sam Altman was toxic, but also, 90% of OpenAI employees joined the counter-coup. Doesn't really add up.
That this article is written by Nitasha Tiku, a Gawker alum, casts even further doubt on its claims.
That this article is written by Nitasha Tiku, a Gawker alum, casts even further doubt on its claims.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QDczBduZorG4dxZiW/sam-altman...
The problem is that stock traders hate uncertainty, and ousting the CEO of any company brings massive uncertainty. So in the short term, an ousting of Elon would probably tank the stock.
And Tesla wouldn't be Tesla without Elon, it wouldn't be nearly as innovative. There definitely wouldn't be a Tesla Semi that is going to change the trucking industry, there wouldn't be a Cybertruck that is going to change the farm truck industry. EVs wouldn't be nearly as far along as they are now.
I suppose ousting Elon would keep Tesla where it is now, but that is like ousting Jobs from Apple. Elon has many great ideas and he delivers.
I don't have to agree with his personal politics to really appreciate what Elon has done for humanity. He is one persistent person, and he gets things done. I mean, how many people have internet access now that didn't before due to Starlink. It wasn't just him obviously, it was a very large team of people. But he somehow got those people to believe in the mission. And THEY delivered. And I don't think we would be where we would be today with renewable energy and electric vehicles if it wasn't for his contributions.
Again, we don't have to like the whole person to appreciate their contributions. None of us are perfect, and some of us say highly offensive things in public hat can feel very threatening and may actually be threatening to some.
I think Elon's public statements sometimes are taken even more seriously because some/many of us idolized Elon (myself included) for a while. And there was this big reveal of like "oh, I don't like that part of you", "what you said was insensitive and mean". And then this tendency to "throw the baby out with the bathwater" and overlook everything great that he has done.
It is a complicated thing for sure.
Pure delusion.
The Tesla semi might be alright for intra-city deliveries, but it's a god-awful idea for long haul trucking. Tractors rarely sit idle long enough to charge. They'll drop off a trailer at one dock, then immediately pick up a trailer from another dock and get back on the road.
Also, talk to any trucker about the semi and it'll be clear they didn't actually talk to any truckers in their design. They've got a whole list of complaints.
> there wouldn't be a Cybertruck that is going to change the farm truck industry.
You're joking, right? Like, this gotta be a troll post.
> Elon has many great ideas and he delivers.
He delivers 3-5 years behind schedule. Roadster was announced in 2017 for 2020. It's 2023 and Elon and Tesla are completely silent about it. They also announced the ATV, and I doubt that'll ever actually happen.
Don't get me started on FSD, which has been 6 months away for nearly 10 years.
Why would the employees buy the coup leaders pitch when they barely explained why it happened in the first place?
The story of the next day's morning meeting was everyone was unsasitfied for the reasons they were given, they were as confused as everyone else, and then the next story is the employees all signing a letter and Ilya doing a 180.
Why would the employees immediately trust the new leadership by a board member not involved in day to day operations? I doubt it's all just about making more $$ under Sam. It's about trust and stability.
Everyone was talking about how it was about AI saftey vs reckless capitalism but tangibly we still have little evidence of that. What we do have is Sam critiquing Helen's paper, then suddenly half the board is moving against Sam and an interim CEO whose slow-AI-dev views on AI, which are 100% in line with Helen's paper, is replacing him. While the conviction of the other board members like Ilya seemed pretty thin.