The turmoil at OpenAI has been the biggest tech news story of the month, if not the year so far. A few hints about what direction the company might be taking have emerged from all the verbiage in the press. Forbes has published a long article by AI researcher Lance Elliot that tries to make sense of the few tidbits that are out there.
I found the article rather long-winded (the editor part of my brain figured it could have cut the article's word count down by at least a third), but does explain several topics that are critical to understanding current AI technology.
In today’s column, I am going to walk you through a prominent AI-mystery that has caused quite a stir leading to an incessant buzz across much of social media and garnering outsized headlines in the mass media. This is going to be quite a Sherlock Holmes adventure and sleuth detective-exemplifying journey that I will be taking you on.
Please put on your thinking cap and get yourself a soothing glass of wine.
The roots of the circumstance involve the recent organizational gyrations and notable business crisis drama associated with the AI maker OpenAI, including the off and on-again firing and then rehiring of the CEO Sam Altman, along with a plethora of related carry-ons. My focus will not particularly be the comings and goings of the parties involved. I instead seek to leverage those reported facts primarily as telltale clues associated with the AI-mystery that some believe sits at the core of the organizational earthquake.
If you have the time to read it (it's about 9,500 words), you should find it worth the effort. The author also includes links that are worth exploring.
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