The theatrics of OpenAI's seeming implosion amid the firing of its CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, Microsoft's dramatic offer to poach its top executives and staff, and Altman's triumphant return following the ouster of the board has all the trappings of a Hollywood blockbuster.
At the root of these theatrics are questions of power: power over the resources needed to develop advanced AI systems and the power to decide how to balance current harms against future risks and shape the future of this technology.
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