Oh yes, that is weird. The impression I had was that Ilya might even have been behind Sam’s ousting (based on rumours from the internet). I also understood that sacking Sam need 4 out of 6 board members, and since two of the board members were Sam A and Greg B, that meant everyone else had to have voted for him to leave, including Ilya. Most confusing.
I deeply regret my participation in the board’s actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we’ve built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company.
Either he wasn’t behind the push, or he was but subsequently decided it was a huge mistake.
One thing I hadn’t realised is that Ilya Sutskever signed this open letter as well (and he’s on the board!).
Oh yes, that is weird. The impression I had was that Ilya might even have been behind Sam’s ousting (based on rumours from the internet). I also understood that sacking Sam need 4 out of 6 board members, and since two of the board members were Sam A and Greg B, that meant everyone else had to have voted for him to leave, including Ilya. Most confusing.
Sutskever appears to have regrets:
https://​​twitter.com/​​ilyasut/​​status/​​1726590052392956028
How much credibility dose he still have left by backtracking?
It’s bizarre isn’t it
Very much hoping the board makes public some of the reasons behind the decision.
His recent twitter post:
Either he wasn’t behind the push, or he was but subsequently decided it was a huge mistake.