The way I've experienced "Code Red" is mostly as a euphemism for "on-going company-wide lack of focus" and a band-aid for mid-level management having absolutely no clue how to meaningfully make progress, upper management panicking, and ultimately putting engineers and ICs on the spot to bear the brunt of that organizational mess.

Interestingly enough, apart from Google, I've never seen an organization take the actual proper steps (fire mid-management and PMs) to prevent the same thing from happening again. Will be interesting to see how OAI handles this.

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avrionov 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Code Red" if implemented correctly should provide a single priority for the company. Engineers will be moved to the most important project(s).

	▲	azemetre 17 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There should already be a single priority for a company... Why is the bar so low for the billionaire magnate fuck ups? Might as well implement workplace democracy and be done with it, it can't be any worse for the company and at least the workers understand what needs to be done.

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NewEntryHN 3 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Software engineer complains bearing the burden of everything and concludes everything would be fixed by firing everybody except themselves."

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vkou 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This code red also has the convenient benefit of giving an excuse to stop work on more monetization features... Which, when implemented, would have the downside of tethering OpenAI's valuation to reality.

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twothreeone 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Good point too. Though it makes me wonder if "We declared Code Red" is really enough to justify eye-watering valuations.

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rvba 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Isnt CoPilot the de facto OpenAI monetization?

And Microsoft gets the models for free (?)

	▲	vkou 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They have some monetization, but as long as they don't expand into other sectors, they can plausibly claim that, say, their ad business will be bringing in 10 trillion/year in revenue, or whatever other imagined number.

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miltonlost 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your proper steps are also missing out on firing the higher level executives. But then new ones would be hired, a re-org will occur, and another Code Red will occur in a few months