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"Participation in"? That makes it sound like he was a.......well......participant rather than the one orchestrating it. I have no idea whether or not that's true, but it's an interesting choice of words.


You can't be an innocent bystander on a board of 6 when you vote to oust 2 of them... The math doesn't work.

That's ignoring the fact that every outlet has unanimously pointed at Ilya being the driving force behind the coup.

Honestly, pretty pathetic. If this was truly about convictions, he could at least stand by them for longer than a weekend.


Yeah the whole thing is very weirdly worded.

There is an expression of regret, but he doesn’t say he wants Altman back. Just to fix OpenAI.

He says he was a participant but in what? The vote? The toxic messaging? Obviously both, but what exactly is he referring to? Perhaps just the toxic messaging because again, he doesnt say he regrets voting to fire Altman.

Why not just say “I regret voting to fire Sam Altman and Im working to bring him back.” Presumably because thats not true. Yet it kind of gives that impression.


Makes it more possible the ouster was led by the Poe guy, and this has little to do with actual ideological differences, and more to do with him taking out a competitor from the inside.


I would event go as far as say that the main reason behind the tweet is not to show regret, but to plant the idea that he didn't orchestrate but only participate.


Classic “I’m not responsible”.


It indeed suggests that. So far speculation has been that Ilya was behind it, but that is only speculation. AFAIK we have no confirmation of whose idea this was.




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