Many users praised OpenAI for its receptiveness to internal disagreement and critique during hiring, while others called involvement with the company joining a scam cult.
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@ericmitchellai openai is exceptionally receptive to internal disagreement and critique, for better or worse, and could not think of something more off
@ericmitchellai fwiw it feels like you guys are winning back the mandate to me:^) keep up the good work
@ericmitchellai You are stupid enough to get in a scam cult, better resign asap
[warning, shillpost] Had to read this twice because it so shockingly mischaracterizes (my experience of) OAI. I simply cannot overemphasize how wrong this is (again, from my experience). There have been multiple times, in both 1:1 and group settings, where I have personally directly disagreed with, corrected, or expressed frustration with leadership to Sam. Sam always responded with curiosity, open-mindedness, and even deference when I've brought disagreement/complaint/correction to him. Most times he has actively asked that I follow up with more thoughts or ideas on how we can do better on the subject. To the point of "street cred", at least one of these instances was in my first ~6 months at OAI, and nonetheless I was impressed by how quickly Sam changed his view when presented with data disagreeing with it (can clearly remember handful of people in that meeting who could attest). No place is perfect; OpenAI is obviously not a perfect company and Sam is not a perfect leader; he'd be first to admit that and has spoken in the past to places where he can improve. That seems healthy. We (leadership included) have made mistakes; but, as Steve Jobs would say, at least that means we made some decisions! To claim that OpenAI has a culture where people are retaliated against for honest criticism of leadership or overall company direction is (in my experience) truly ridiculous. We make fun of our chaos (yes, including leadership, which does have a very hard job) as much as anyone! I would say we do however have very little patience for talking a big game without delivering.
Mitchell says Sam Altman responds to direct correction with curiosity.
@ericmitchellai openai is exceptionally receptive to internal disagreement and critique, for better or worse, and could not think of something more off
@ericmitchellai fwiw it feels like you guys are winning back the mandate to me:^) keep up the good work
[warning, shillpost] Had to read this twice because it so shockingly mischaracterizes (my experience of) OAI. I simply cannot overemphasize how wrong this is (again, from my experience). There have been multiple times, in both 1:1 and group settings, where I have personally directly disagreed with, corrected, or expressed frustration with leadership to Sam. Sam always responded with curiosity, open-mindedness, and even deference when I've brought disagreement/complaint/correction to him. Most times he has actively asked that I follow up with more thoughts or ideas on how we can do better on the subject. To the point of "street cred", at least one of these instances was in my first ~6 months at OAI, and nonetheless I was impressed by how quickly Sam changed his view when presented with data disagreeing with it (can clearly remember handful of people in that meeting who could attest). No place is perfect; OpenAI is obviously not a perfect company and Sam is not a perfect leader; he'd be first to admit that and has spoken in the past to places where he can improve. That seems healthy. We (leadership included) have made mistakes; but, as Steve Jobs would say, at least that means we made some decisions! To claim that OpenAI has a culture where people are retaliated against for honest criticism of leadership or overall company direction is (in my experience) truly ridiculous. We make fun of our chaos (yes, including leadership, which does have a very hard job) as much as anyone! I would say we do however have very little patience for talking a big game without delivering.
Many users praised OpenAI for its receptiveness to internal disagreement and critique during hiring, while others called involvement with the company joining a scam cult.
Based on 3 visible X reactions from 12 accounts; directional sample.
Ask a question below.
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