#OPENA.i: LAST DANCE' IN THE VALLEY ? (Part1)

🎤 WHAT HAPPENED, THOUGH ? 🎤

To catch up with us, and the event of the 18, 19 and 20/11/2023 at OpenAI :

You may consider before reading further: You may read last Part 7.00 and, Part6.00. here or ... Part5.00 here or ...Read Part4.00 of the article, here!

And catch-up with Part 3.00 here, part 2.00 ici ! Without forgeting Part 1.00, and to finish, Part -0.00 on the same topic of 'Creating Synthetic Value with A.i' : Here the importance of 'Cyber-Ethics'

Let's GO:

👉 As a reminder, #OpenA.i. the house that built, CHAT GPT4,3,2,1 and 0.0., was started in 2015 with investments from 'venture capitalist' Pieter Thiel and multi-billionaire Elon #MUSK, with an ambitious roadmap to:

One day create a superintelligent automated system, for the people by the peoples.

Probably another..Los Angeles Clippers James Harrden-as-a-System-Fan ?

More 'seriously'...

A system, that could rival a human brain achievment, with a nonprofit, and ethical bias, to rival #Google upcoming commercial domination of the A.i. field in the coming years, thanks to #Google Bard, for exemple... 👀

As a TAKE, this boardroom 'Drama' will be seen in many years as an 'Historical turning-point', like the 'Second-coming of Steve Jobs at Apple Computers in early 2000'...

OR...

Taking a political tangent, you'd call it... clearly a 'YALTA-LEVEL-EVENT', that will influence beyond the conference of Yalta .. (Roosevelt, Stalline, Churchill) in the tech world...

1. Boardroom Blitz: The Coup Unfolds

In a closed-door meeting, the tech-bros launch their coup. Tensions flare, voices rise, and the once-united board fractures. it was on Friday.

Akwardly it was a GOOGLE MEET! :

• Which is not very 'Microsoft Teams-Friendly' !!
• Sh*****T !

2. Digital Swords Clash: The Battle of Ideas

Ideas clash like digital swords. The air crackles with the intensity of conflicting visions for OpenAI's future.

Several 'families' seem to collide over the A.i's phylosophical pram:

Ethical concerns: Beyond the boardroom at play, is the future of our youth, and maybe 'mankind' itself

--> A.i presents three major areas of ethical concern for society:

• Privacy and surveillance
• Bias and discrimination, and perhaps the most difficult philosophical question of the era: The role of human judgment.
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): AGi is a hypothetical machine that can perform any intellectual task that a human being can.: One of the most important breakthrough of our time !
• Technological Singularity: The hypothetical future point in time when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization.

3. WE ARE FA-MI-LLY !

Let's have a closer look at the 'Stray. Kids' at play ..or the who's who in the A.i ecosystem:

• 'A.i. safety first' policy: This family is concerned with ensuring that AI systems are safe and do not pose a threat to humanity.
• Members of this family may be concerned with the potential risks of A.i. and may advocate for strict regulations to ensure that AI is developed in a safe and responsible manner. Ex: Helen Toner,..
• 'A.i. industrial potential'/ A.i Capitalists': This family is focused on the economic potential of AI and may be more concerned with the commercial applications of AI than with its safety.
• Members of this family may be more willing to take risks with AI development in order to reap the potential economic benefits. Ex: Sam Altman, Larry Page (Google)...
• 'A.i. doomers': This family is concerned with the potential dangers of AI and may believe that AI poses an existential threat to humanity.
• Members of this family may be more skeptical of A.i. development and may advocate for strict regulations or even a complete ban on AI research. Ex: ilya,...

• 'A.i. Humanists': This family is focused on the ethical implications of AI and may be concerned with ensuring that A.i. is developed in a way that is consistent with human values.
• Members of this family may advocate for the development of AI systems that are aligned with human values and that promote human well-being. Ex: Elon Musk,...
• 'A.i. Optimists': This family is optimistic about the potential of AI to improve human life and may be more willing to take risks with AI development in order to realize its potential benefits. Ex: Sam ALtman, M. Zuckerberg, Lex Friedman,..

• 'A.i. extinctionists': This family is concerned with the potential for A.i. to cause human extinction and may advocate for strict regulations or even a complete ban on AI research.

The Aftermath: Silicon Valley Shudders

4. Silicon Valley Shudders: Fallout and Frenzy

News of the coup rocks Silicon Valley. The fallout is swift and far-reaching, sending shockwaves through the tech community....until the 'perfectly plotted coup' hit a LAMPOST ! :

• On Friday, newly-appointed #Open A.i's C.E.O (Chief Executive Officer) and former C.T.O (Chief Technology Officer) Albanian-born, Mira Murati prompts her chat GPT4 to issue an email with hundreds of her colleagues calling for Altman's return, for the board to resign, and threatening to quit !!

SECOND LAMPOST ??

• On Monday, November 20, 2023, Microsoft's CEO Satya N. announced that it would hire Altman to lead an advanced in-house A.i. research team, thus endorsing the 'counter-coup' now, at play !
• ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE COUP HAD HIT A SNAG, A FORK ...

5. GOING DOWN THE CONSPIRACY RABBIT-HOLE ?

Here's the exact diary of events:

• On Friday, November 17, 2023, OpenA.i's former CEO, Sam Altman, was abruptly fired by the company's board.
• The board then promoted OpenA.i.'s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, as Altman's replacement on the same day.
• A brillant engineer in her own right, Mira, is living her own version of the 'American Dream' having immigrated from Albania at a very young age.

The Showdown/ Power Plays:

• Hours later, Murati, as 'izzy Morales' in '#S (When will they start shooting again?) ...
• She signed a letter with hundreds of her colleagues calling for Altman's return, for the board to resign, and threatening to quit. #Loyalty
• Saturday: Sam Altman badges in as a visitor into Open A.i offices, and post it on #Twitter/X
• A co-founder and member of the board who by some accounts led the charge on Altman's ouster, Ilya Sutskever, inexplicably signed the letter too, and on Monday publicly apologized for his own role in the saga.
• On Monday, November 20, 2023, Microsoft announced that it would hire Altman to lead an advanced in-house A.i. research team.
• On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, multiple news outlets reported that the OpenAI board and Altman were in open talks to negotiate his possible return = The Kid stays in the Picture' , as they say in #HollywooD' (#BoBEvanS)

6. GOING DOWN UNDER THE CONSPIRACY RABBIT-HOLE?

If the story did not echo the #Amazon/Crackle show, Startup (When are they back, by the way?) then...

Another story going around the Metaverse, is the 'Q*' ('Q-Star) experiment !

According to a Blog post, by Yahoo News, OpenA.i. was working on a new AI model called Q* that fueled safety concerns among some Open A.i employees.

The report suggests that some staff members had warned the board about the model, hence the firing of Sam Altman.

The exact capabilities of the Q* model are believed to be a major leap forward in A.i. technology's abilities.

It was reportedly able to solve basic math problems it had never seen before.

However, it is not at the level of the much-debated artificial general intelligence (AGi) that could possibly perform tasks at the level of ... Los Angeles Clippers James Harden ! (A Human).

It is unclear why the Q* model scared some people at OpenA.i. However, some staff members believed that this AGI would destroy no less than .... humanity, itself !!.

7. Altman's Response: Rise from the Ashes

Sam Altman, resilient as ever, responds to the chaos with a plan to rise from the ashes.

The Valley watches with bated breath. Sam comes back, ridding Satya's coatail' into a triumphant walk inside the Open A.i. offices...

UN-BE-LIE-VA-BLE !

Lessons Learned in the 'Valley of BOOMERANG CEOs' ?

In the ever-evolving landscape of Silicon Valley, where trying things and breaking things is the norm, the boardroom coup at OpenA.i. serves as a stark reminder.

The tech-bros may have tried, but Sam Altman stood strong, a testament to the resilience required in this dynamic arena.

The 'Return of the prodigual song' might be playing in the background, as Sam enterrs the Open A.i's halways, but a question remain:

WHY was he exactly pushed out in such a 'sneaky' underhand way in the first place?

The question resonates beyond the wall of Open A.i and shows the first A.i War' at play, as always when a groundbreaking technology attracts interest and investments.

There is a danger and opportunity behind every technologies, which is what this boardroom 'drama' was probably about...

As users or willing learners of A.i systems, it is important that we stay informed of what is at play in those boarrdrooms, as often it is where the fture of mankind is being played ... under your 'watchful and knowledgeable eyes'...

So...we will therefore visit in the third party of this article the best ways to control A.i. from #Regtech, to personal A.i, to corporate A.i, etc...

• TO BE CONTINUED ...👀
• NEXT :➡️ 'Boardroom Battles and Betrayals'
• By HERMANN DJOUMESSI MA for #ADMP Virrtual incubator for Startups

END of PART1.