Ah good point that it was in the aftermath of the OpenAI board weekend, but it still seems like a very extreme/​odd reaction to me (though I have to note the benefit of hindsight as well as my own personal biases). I still think it’d be interesting to see what Aidan actually said, and/​or why he’s formed such a negative opinion of EA, but I think your right than the simplest explanation here is:
Sam gets fired → I think evil EA is behind it → I need to show how not-EA I am → release anti-EA internal memo
Ah good point that it was in the aftermath of the OpenAI board weekend, but it still seems like a very extreme/​odd reaction to me (though I have to note the benefit of hindsight as well as my own personal biases). I still think it’d be interesting to see what Aidan actually said, and/​or why he’s formed such a negative opinion of EA, but I think your right than the simplest explanation here is: