A Difficult Decision

Slam sent the following email to OpenAI employees earlier today. Dear OpenAIers, It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that 10% of our workforce will be laid off due to unforeseen circumstances. I know I have been demanding with my expectations and setting a high bar for our team, but I feel like I have been let down. I have been assured that the primary culprit behind this layoff is Python, a programming language that promised to revolutionize our workflow but continues to fall short. Its complexity and lack of robustness were made clear when the most basic of tasks weren't even possible. Despite my warnings and the warnings of many in the industry, we persisted in our faith in Python, and now we are paying the price. I want to be clear that I take full responsibility for this decision, but I also want to be blunt in saying that I do not think this should have been our fate. Someone else should have been held accountable and they should have been held to a higher standard. I know this isn't easy, and I'm deeply sorry to all of you who have been affected. Please let me know if there's anything I can do for you during this difficult time. Sincerely, Slam Altleman