Vali Zairov

Software Engineer, California. Previously @Facebook, @Apple and @VISA. From Bishkek 🇰🇬

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

What calculator you’re using @DoorDash?

[Sergey Nazarov @sergeynazarovx]

We used to go to a special website, ask strangers for help with programming, and get humiliated in return

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

Many hours later

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

#Clubhouse

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

Still not fixed

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

@azybanoous No

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

@DavidCahn6 @sequoia I sold my stocks of Nvidia last week, that was a handsome profit I must say 🤩

[Emily Chang @emilychangtv]

Wild update:

- interim CEO Mira Murati plans to rehire Sam and Greg, and is in talks with board rep Adam D’Angelo to do so (in what capacity is not yet finalized)
- however, concurrently, the OpenAI board is looking to hire its own CEO, and has reached out to two candidates that we’ve spoken to, both prominent execs
- yet again situation is very fluid and could change at any moment
- told you it was wild

Huge kudos to @ashleevance @edludlow @dinabass

https://t.co/5rJcsGhbmn

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

I’m the head of Google AI ($15.7M TC).

You better believe we’re using this OpenAI news to make rapid advancements and go on the offensive.

As soon as I’m back from PTO for Thanksgiving break (December 1, 2023) I will be coordinating an all-hands with my team (on February 5, 2024), where we will put some Q2 OKRs in place to discuss a plan to get to parity with GPT 4 by the year 2026.

Look out, world!

[Sam Altman @sama]

i loved my time at openai. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all i loved working with such talented people.

will have more to say about what’s next later.

🫡

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

May there be prosperity for all

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

@gdb @sama WOW

[Greg Brockman @gdb]

Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today.

Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and all of those who have been reaching out.

We too are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. Here is what we know:

- Last night, Sam got a text from Ilya asking to talk at noon Friday. Sam joined a Google Meet and the whole board, except Greg, was there. Ilya told Sam he was being fired and that the news was going out very soon.

- At 12:19pm, Greg got a text from Ilya asking for a quick call. At 12:23pm, Ilya sent a Google Meet link. Greg was told that he was being removed from the board (but was vital to the company and would retain his role) and that Sam had been fired. Around the same time, OpenAI published a blog post.

- As far as we know, the management team was made aware of this shortly after, other than Mira who found out the night prior.

The outpouring of support has been really nice; thank you, but please don’t spend any time being concerned. We will be fine. Greater things coming soon.

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

@sama I was thinking about a perfect age, if one day you can live forever, what age would you pick to stay forever? At least first 500 years? I would probably pick age 40.

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

I always wondered how much “AI” free lunch really costs… 😳😳😳#AI

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

@FinanceNestTric @RogerJUlrichJr @ianmiles Why wouldn’t she? Did I miss something?

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

Some interesting stats I got about my reading habits. What was surprising is that I like politics and social sciences…
What interesting book did you read recently?

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@theapplehub Nice

[Vali Zairov @zairov]

@elonmusk So is paying a child support 😂

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson tops the charts as the highest-paid automotive CEO in 2022: $379 million https://t.co/HsJbPBUfTn