Sam Altman and the OpenAI power struggle, explained | About That

Sam Altman is back in charge as CEO of OpenAI after being ousted by the company's board. Andrew Chang explains why the man famous for bringing ChatGPT to the world was fired, then rehired — and what it could mean for the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI innovators.

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[duckmasterflex]

Andrew Chang actually makes me check the CBC youtube channel from time to time

[c_b]

This was the best summary I've seen on this topic. Well done!

[midl]

hey, i know it doesnt mean much, but i really love these segments on youtube, no matter the topic, i hope you're able to keep doing this. and making it a regular thing, i find them informative and every topic well explained

[wvxcqms]

I LOVE these segments by Andrew Chang! They are always well balanced, informative and interesting. Please keep up the amazing work!

[mediaburn]

We already have 9 billion human brains worth of compute. Developing them fully would bring up everyone.

[Glenn.Cooper]

I so like your reporting. But I really wish that CBC would give you your own channel on YouTube. i don't have an interest in the general CBC reporting but would to stay on top of your stories. Thanks!!

[Gomz]

Honestly I hit like first and then watch your video, Andrew. Been watching About that for a while and every vid is informative

[mediaburn]

I think part of the doomer talk of AI is part of the marketing and fundrasing.

[hoa-mpls]

A Founder and CEO doesn’t get fired easily from the job. Something must be seriously went wrong in order to get fired.

[srlind]

Big tech and Microsoft want more…easy explanation

[nicodemusmwimba]

I happen to be doing a research on corporate governance in the IT sector. This to me is a classical case study.

[enriqueali]

The people who can answer the the as-yet-unanswered questions (the fired original board members) have remained silent so far

[maxziebell]

Claude is so overcautious that it is nearly unusable. Not even rolled out in EU. So, there is no alternative for us here.

[Half_Man_Half_Bearpig]

Yeah, like we need Ilya Sutskever determining the ethics of AI. He's clearly a brilliant guy, given the advances he made with neural networks. But hes also clearly unhinged. Not only was he responsible for all this turmoil, the guy burned a wooden effigy of "unaligned AI."

[RyeonLok]

I played a game called CONTROL that plays the fight between board. Interesting

[Karma-fpho]

Interesting to look into his sister Annie Altman’s accusations.

[ArizonaPoet]

Supporters and detractors of AGI can be categorized in two groups. Group 1: Those who have seen the movie "Forbidden Planet" and Group 2: Those who have NOT SEEN the movie "Forbidden Planet."

[superobservation]

I knew Altman would be back, too many engineers would have walked, those engineers have true job security, so they hold the power over the board.

[Aspi]

Wow, Ilya looks tired - like he's carrying the weight of humanity on his shoulders....

[CesarBerrio]

The bad thing about Artificial Intelligence is not using it. We could not imagine without the computer, without the calculator, what technology would be like today.