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0 pointsyjftsjthsd-h2y ago0 comments

> The next day, Brockman, who was Chairman of the OpenAI board, was not invited to this board meeting, where Altman was fired.

> Around 30 minutes later, Brockman was informed by Sutskever that he was being removed from his board role but could remain at the company, and that Altman had been fired (Brockman declined, and resigned his role later on Friday).

The board firing the CEO is not a coup. The board firing the CEO behind the chair's back and then removing the chair is a coup.

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sudosysgen2y ago

The point being made is that the board is the one that's supposed to be in power. How the CEO is fired may be gauche but it's not usurpation of power or anything like that.

yjftsjthsd-hOP2y ago

Right, and my point is that it sounds like an usurpation of power inside the board - the rest of the board not inviting the chair to a meeting, taking significant action, and then removing the chair is a coup regardless of what the significant action was. That they happened to fire the CEO is... not exactly irrelevant, because it probably speaks to the underlying politics, but for this particular discussion it's a side show.

cwillu2y ago

It appears that is the normal practice for a board voting to fire a CEO though, so that aspect doesn't mean much.

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