I appreciate the joke, but I think that Sam Altman is pretty clearly “the biggest name in AI” as far as the public is concerned. His firing/hiring was the leading story in the New York Times for days in a row (and still is at time of writing)!
I mean, by that standard I’d say Elon Musk is the biggest name in AI. But yeah, jokes aside I think bringing on Altman even for a temporary period is going to be quite useful for Microsoft attracting talent and institutional knowledge from OpenAI, as well as reassuring investors.
I appreciate the joke, but I think that Sam Altman is pretty clearly “the biggest name in AI” as far as the public is concerned. His firing/hiring was the leading story in the New York Times for days in a row (and still is at time of writing)!
I mean, by that standard I’d say Elon Musk is the biggest name in AI. But yeah, jokes aside I think bringing on Altman even for a temporary period is going to be quite useful for Microsoft attracting talent and institutional knowledge from OpenAI, as well as reassuring investors.