Mass Resignation from xAI

Seems like xAI is having a Fairchild semiconductor moment, saw at least half a dozen people posting they are leaving xAI, and seems like all of them are starting something new, together.

- https://x.com/Chace_AGI/status/2021452881875141060 - https://x.com/jimmybajimmyba/status/2021374875793801447 - https://x.com/Yuhu_ai_/status/2021113745024614671 - https://x.com/C_S_Skeptic/status/2021457245805109750?s=20

12 points | by hargup 10 hours ago

5 comments

seydor 14 minutes ago
What are they quitting from? Twitter? Xai? Spacex?
TheAlchemist 8 hours ago
Is that surprising ? The merger doesn't make any sense at all. Everybody knows it's a bailout and Musk's empire is running out of money - it's almost the last attempt to save it. He still has 2 more jokers left - SpaceX IPO or merge SpaceX with Tesla. But the writing is already on the wall.
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- AnimalMuppet 8 hours ago
  If I thought that AI was going to change the world, and I found out that my AI company was instead going to be used to raise money to cross-fund something else that was failing, I might well leave too.
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  - throwaway019254 4 hours ago
    If you thought that, you would be really delusional about what is actually failing.
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    - AnimalMuppet 4 hours ago
      Care to elaborate?
sejje 5 hours ago
How many people work there that six would be considered "mass?"
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- sloaken 2 hours ago
  Valid point. I am often amazed the reports (all sides of the political aisle) will list a number without context. Twice as many as last year. Went from 1 to 2, and we want you to be upset. It forces me to check multiple sites to understand the real numbers.
  In the past I have attributed this to people being bad with numbers, but it is more and more apparent it is to hid the real meaning and push an agenda.
techblueberry 9 hours ago
Redundancies after the merger? “Resigning” to save face?
softwaredoug 6 hours ago
Musk burns through people at his companies. This isn’t that surprising. They’ll trick someone else into working there.