J Rice

Altman and Brockman are back, the stars are aligned, Santa is real, and everything is wonderful. (holding sarcasm sign) So, they are back, but an immense amount of damage has been done. Damaged/Losers: * Reputational damage: Everyone that was public in this debacle is damaged, including the reputation of OpenAI.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That is the best summary at the moment. Because this is just nuts! Stay tuned for other character combinations that convey my befuddlement. Few links about the craziness: MS preparing offices in hopes of pilfering OpenAI talent: (All Satya wants for Christmas is AI domination) https://www.cnbc.com/

(or how the disruptors got disrupted) This weekend’s events will be a movie in a few years directed by the AI version of Aaron Sorkin aka SorkinGPT. Altman and Brockman are going to Microsoft after the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella found their number. Alluding to my post yesterday about

The kind of turmoil that has occurred at OpenAI in the last few days is surprisingly common, but rarely plays out in public. OpenAI is unprecedented in its impact in the last year, which makes this even more interesting. Maybe the not really that Traitorous Eight is the closest example

If you only found out about the OpenAI turmoil through this article, I commend your ability to disconnect from all electronic devices. Here is an excellent article to get you started: https://thealgorithmicbridge.substack.com/p/why-openai-fired-sam-altman-and-what Back in March of ‘23, a lot of leaders asked for a 6

If you read the other postings about "Trial and Error and Succeed" and "Hallmark of a Great Organization Is Safety in Failure." you will sense a theme there. It is about safety, experimentation, learning, and collaboration. These are all hallmarks of a "Generative Culture."

This is a follow up to https://www.tinselai.com/trial-and-error-and-succeed/ Buzz Word Bingo: You hear all these buzz statements about "fail well," "fail fast," and "fail friendly." Ok, I just made that last one up, but you get the idea. If you enter

If you have children, watched children, or watched adults who act like children, you have discovered that trial and error is how they learn. They speed run the mistakes of the past no matter what you tell them in a crazy attempt at a different outcome. To be clear, sometimes

I took a break for a bit from posting about Strategy, LLMs, ChatGPT, Architecture, Data Privacy, Security, and other random bits to migrate all my writing over to my own site. I found LinkedIn to be mercurial at times with its posting methodologies; finding old posts is wonky, it has

Laker AI added another level (level 8) to Gandalf. He came back as Gandalf The White, but I pwned him again.  Previous pwnage: https://www.tinselai.com/i-pwned-gandalf-and-i-liked-it/ I took out Gandalf The Grey last week and Gandalf The White today. Sauron here I come! :-) Thanks for the fun!