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I’m still confused how their chief scientist was part of the coup to remove Altman and at the same was one of the signatures on the letter demanding his return.
I actually think it was because of Greg Brockman previous head of the board that quit after hearing the news about Altman.
They told him he was vital to the company after firing Sam and removing him from the board.
Ilya their chief scientist officiated Greg and his wifes wedding. Apparantly Greg wifes pleaded to Ilya to support their return.
I think the main issue here is open ai’s stated goal of developing safe agi to benefit all of humanity, destruction of the company and not making any profit would be align with that.
However with so many player developing for profit ai catching up it is probably safter to have an openai raking risks then not having any openai at all.
Ilya probably hoped that Greg and most co workers would stay without Altman, but since they where not the outcome prospects became worse enough to regret.