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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by EEIA: 6:10pm On Nov 20, 2023
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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by GetMeRight: 6:18pm On Nov 20, 2023
superCleanworks:
You can only make this move when you know you are VALUABLE and you are in a system that works. good one
This is about speaking with ONE VOICE.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Petersamuel8(m): 6:27pm On Nov 20, 2023
bemeruca:


What do you know about capitalism?

You tell me
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by bemeruca: 6:35pm On Nov 20, 2023
Petersamuel8:


You tell me

Oh I will tell you, you know nothing.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Petersamuel8(m): 6:37pm On Nov 20, 2023
bemeruca:


Oh I will tell you, you know nothing.


Still waiting
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by bemeruca: 6:50pm On Nov 20, 2023
Petersamuel8:



Still waiting

Just told you what you know about capitalism and it's nothing. What are you waiting for?

You said I should tell you what you know about it.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by ViceGovernor: 6:55pm On Nov 20, 2023
SharingIsLife:
How corporations work in USA is beyond my understanding. This is also how the Apple Founder Steve Jobs was sacked from a company he founded.
As bad as Nigeria is there are some things that cannot happen.

Imagine 500 employees in dangote cement just wake up and start issuing such threats....that very day they will turn to unemployed bachelor again
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by tonicyril: 7:02pm On Nov 20, 2023
EEIA:

Yes. Bard it is owned by Google.

bard.google. com

thanks bozz, I am happy I see an alternative

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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by IMAliyu(m): 7:21pm On Nov 20, 2023
Obierika:


If the Board stands its ground the employees will eventually buckle, all these ones na just gragra grin

All the members of the Board are already financially made but all the 550 employees some of whom already have heavy loans and credit card debts cannot afford to loose their jobs at the same time, forget the bullsh1t story there is no way Microsoft will readily employ the whole 550 of them!

Why are you against the working class?

This is the field of AI, this is a niche enough field I doubt they can easily be replaced, I'm of the opinion everyone working in this field is skilled and qualified enough to find another high paying tech job elsewhere.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by pendusky(m): 7:48pm On Nov 20, 2023
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Obierika(m): 7:56pm On Nov 20, 2023
IMAliyu:

Why are you against the working class?

This is the field of AI, this is a niche enough field I doubt they can easily be replaced, I'm of the opinion everyone working in this field is skilled and qualified enough to find another high paying tech job elsewhere.

I'm not against the working class, I'm just calling it the way it is.

Employee who are earning salary have no business dictating to or blackmailing investors when it comes to making important policy decisions.

If the Board of Directors fail to rein in the CEO and the business collapses due to his recklessness it is the investors as represented by the Board that stands to loose the most; the employees will just dust their CVs and go apply for jobs elsewhere

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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by waice6571: 8:00pm On Nov 20, 2023
This is a classical example of see-finish......

Threatening your employer in such a way that can undermine his business his business is a criminal act. Bullying your boss to do your illegitimate bidding is also an offence.

I hope the management should be strong enough to challenge them in the court of law.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by waice6571: 8:13pm On Nov 20, 2023
Obierika:


If the Board stands its ground the employees will eventually buckle, all these ones na just gragra grin

All the members of the Board are already financially made but all the 550 employees some of whom already have heavy loans and credit card debts cannot afford to loose their jobs at the same time, forget the bullsh1t story there is no way Microsoft will readily employ the whole 550 of them!


No employer would be stupid enough to house a good number of destructive, disgruntled and insurbodinate employees all at once. The assurances that was given by Microsoft to employ the all is a facade and it is not enforceable in court. It is deception in disguise. They are only doing that to kill their competitors business.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Zaccshegzy(m): 8:19pm On Nov 20, 2023
Anna Makanju
That's a Nigerian I think.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Rick9(m): 8:35pm On Nov 20, 2023
SharingIsLife:
How corporations work in USA is beyond my understanding. This is also how the Apple Founder Steve Jobs was sacked from a company he founded.
That's the disadvantages of going public i.e being a publicly traded company, a mistake I don't intend to make in my life, a mistake Lucious Lyon made and regretted.
A company I founded and built with sweat, some lowlifers would now come in the name of shareholders/stockholders to now come and start dictating to me how to run my own company.
No way.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by EEIA: 8:51pm On Nov 20, 2023
TempUser:
grin formulate this idea in a Nigerian company and see yourself standing on your own at the end of the day 😂 😂 😂

The go Don leak am and them go sack only una 😂
grin

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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by EEIA: 8:58pm On Nov 20, 2023
Yoighaman:
Big trouble for the Board of Directors (BoD), 550 employees at once?? With the authority with which they wrote, you would know these are the brains behind OpenAI.
And if they leave, they go away with lots of knowledge, information and and their talent. Then other big tech company will scramble in the opportunity to grab most of them, most will get to these companies while a few might decide to have a startup that might turn out to be one of the next great things in tech.



Analyzed under the influence of colos. cool

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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by jaxxy(m): 9:11pm On Nov 20, 2023
EEIA:
grin
As much as I love vawulence, Abeg make dem solve their differences amicably. grin

They cannot come and hinder my productivity because of unavailability of their free AI due to beaf between the board and 550 staff. grin


Microsoft want to create disruptive AI
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:14pm On Nov 20, 2023
Anna Makanju

Dad is Nigerian, but she's described as an immigrant from Russia. Sha, she didn't even live in any African country.

That's the future of many dual-Nigerians and their children. They will only be Nigerian by name, not culture, education or work experiences.


OPENai is largely composed of Indians, Eastern Europeans, White Americans and East Asians. When black people go do something revolutionary?
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:17pm On Nov 20, 2023
SharingIsLife:
How corporations work in USA is beyond my understanding. This is also how the Apple Founder Steve Jobs was sacked from a company he founded.

That's the resulting of having investors in your business. You become answerable to them. If you want investors' capital, you must do what they want. If not, don't accept investors' capital.

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Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by IMAliyu(m): 9:20pm On Nov 20, 2023
Obierika:


I'm not against the working class, I'm just calling it the way it is.

Employee who are earning salary have no business dictating to or blackmailing investors when it comes to making important policy decisions.

If the Board of Directors fail to rein in the CEO and the business collapses due to his recklessness it is the investors as represented by the Board that stands to loose the most; the employees will just dust their CVs and go apply for jobs elsewhere

I would disagree, the workers are the ones doing the work and understand their work (at least in this field) the most, and should always have a say in the direction of their work.

In this case I doubt the investors are qualified or have the understanding necessary to be making these decisions, they just probably care about their investment and profit, that's all.
To which I say, they chose to take a risk by investing here, and they have every right to withdraw their investment if they want to do so.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:24pm On Nov 20, 2023
Obierika:


If the Board stands its ground the employees will eventually buckle, all these ones na just gragra grin

All the members of the Board are already financially made but all the 550 employees some of whom already have heavy loans and credit card debts cannot afford to loose their jobs at the same time, forget the bullsh1t story there is no way Microsoft will readily employ the whole 550 of them!


Why not? Didn't Microsoft absorb all of Github employees? LinkedIn employees? These are largely engineers not recruiters or sales people. They are hotcakes. AI and machine learning specialists get up to a million dollars as compensation packages in the US. Let alone those from the pioneer firm. OPENai is like Google in its heydays. Anyone who worked there CAN NEVER be unemployed for two months!
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:25pm On Nov 20, 2023
symbianDON:
Anna Adeola Makanju, vice president of global affairs at OpenAI, is a Nigerian....bet you didn't know that grin

She's only Nigerian by name. Never lived in any African country or worked in any. She worked with the US government for Eastern European affairs. She's more Russian than Nigerian. She's even described as an immigrant from Russia.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:29pm On Nov 20, 2023
Focusmind:


You are thinking.....veiled empty threat. You can't threaten the Board of Directors like that when you are not even the regulator. Some people are not moved by threats. Rather, they are made stronger from threats. The 550 staff cannot resign enmass. If they see through this their threats, they will be replaced immediately......there are hundreds of AI scientists in India, US and around the globe waiting to fill in the space

While that is true, these people constitute a major building block in the company. They are not just AI scientists, but scientists who worked with the pioneer firms. They know their value. They can't be easily replaced. Rather, they will never face difficulties getting another role.

Every major corporation that has a significant technology division will be itching to lay hands on some of them. Ultimately, they can leave, but if more than 70% do leave, it leaves a big chasm for OPENai.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:32pm On Nov 20, 2023
Rick9:
That's the disadvantages of going public i.e being a publicly traded company, a mistake I don't intend to make in my life, a mistake Lucious Lyon made and regretted.
A company I founded and built with sweat, some lowlifers would now come in the name of shareholders/stockholders to now come and start dictating to me how to run my own company.
No way.

Then secure capital, network expertise and knowledge from the banks. Or play the long game like Cargill and become private for eternity. Don't sell a share to outside investors, even if na private equity investors. Those ones are even brutal in their approach.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by YoshihideSuga: 9:34pm On Nov 20, 2023
IMAliyu:


I would disagree, the workers are the ones doing the work and understand their work (at least in this field) the most, and should always have a say in the direction of their work.

In this case I doubt the investors are qualified or have the understanding necessary to be making these decisions, they just probably care about their investment and profit, that's all.
To which I say, they chose to take a risk by investing here, and they have every right to withdraw their investment if they want to do so.

Did you go through the profiles of each board member? Or you just thought stating the bold is the best option?
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by symbianDON(m): 9:56pm On Nov 20, 2023
YoshihideSuga:


She's only Nigerian by name. Never lived in any African country or worked in any. She worked with the US government for Eastern European affairs. She's more Russian than Nigerian. She's even described as an immigrant from Russia.
Anna was born to her Nigerian dad and Ukrainian mother in St. Petersburg, Russia. She moved with her family to Germany when she was 11, yet they moved from one spot to another like Phoenix, Kuwait, until they got comfortable Texas.

She's currently married and holds an American citizenship, however, she has Nigerian origin.
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Fearyourcreator: 10:16pm On Nov 20, 2023
superCleanworks:
You can only make this move when you know you are VALUABLE and you are in a system that works. good one
Question is who are those this valuable here... Many wey got nothing to offer go dey drag government Everytime
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Policy3: 10:37pm On Nov 20, 2023
I wonder how it's possible to sack a ceo that employ u,so if the ceo refuses to resign emplyees will gang up like this
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by Kobicove(m): 3:21am On Nov 21, 2023
WhisperedNoise:

Yep. They are so self confident and assured. Plus, Microsoft is itching to employ them. Imagine they bring the intelligence ofOpenAI to Bard, Microsoft go blow.

So if you are the CEO of Microsoft you will employ 550 disgruntled and insorbordinate staff of a competing company? undecided
Re: 550 OpenAI Employees Ask Board To Quit Or They'll Resign. by WhisperedNoise: 7:00am On Nov 21, 2023
Kobicove:


So if you are the CEO of Microsoft you will employ 550 disgruntled and insorbordinate staff of a competing company? undecided
They're not disgruntled and insurbodinate in my opinion. Me thinks there's some internal politics we are not aware of, if not, why should they fire the mastermind of a newly budding company? And why should so many key players leave almost at once?

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