Behind OpenAI CEO Dismissal: An Ethical Dilemma And ANew AI Revolution

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI:10.1145/3635439.3635442

Ahmed El-Deeb

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The world of Artificial Intelligence and Silicon Valley have been rocked in Nov. 2023 by the sudden ouster of OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, by the company's board. OpenAI is the 2015 start-up behind ChatGPT and GPT-4, which enabled generating content and media-altered by AI. While nothing much was revealed by the board, the official statement mentioned that he wasn't transparent about his communication to the board about the developments of the company, which led the board to lose trust in him and deciding to fire him. Backed up by 700 OpenAI staffers who threatened to resign in solidarity with their fired leader and a supportive offer from Microsoft CEO Satya hiring Altman to lead significant AI Research Lab in Microsoft, Altman was back again as CEO in 5 days along with a revamped new board. While this dramatic story that entertained the software industry for a week could be seen as mere news, it is indeed more than that; and the significance of this story is not Sam Altman himself as an AI business figure. The back story of this fiasco and what happened behind the scene is what interest us as a Software professionals. The purpose of this article is bring some pointers for our learning.

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OpenAI 首席执行官被解职的背后：伦理困境与新的人工智能革命

2023 年 11 月，OpenAI 首席执行官山姆-奥特曼（Sam Altman）突然被公司董事会赶下台，人工智能和硅谷世界为之震撼。OpenAI 是 ChatGPT 和 GPT-4 背后的 2015 年初创公司，它能够生成经人工智能改变的内容和媒体。虽然董事会没有透露太多信息，但官方声明提到，他在与董事会沟通公司发展情况时不够透明，导致董事会对他失去信任，决定解雇他。在 700 名 OpenAI 员工的支持下，他们威胁辞职以声援被解雇的领导者，而微软首席执行官萨提亚也表示愿意聘请奥特曼领导微软重要的人工智能研究实验室。虽然这个戏剧性的故事让软件行业乐了一个星期，但它可能被看作是单纯的新闻，而实际上它的意义远不止于此；这个故事的意义并不在于萨姆-奥特曼本人作为人工智能商业人物的身份。作为一名软件专业人士，我们更感兴趣的是这场惨败的背后故事以及幕后发生的事情。本文的目的是为我们的学习提供一些参考。

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