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I don't think he's on his own. All those people he helped in the past have come out to support him via heart emojis. Almost his entire company (minus the board) has publicly supported him. His team is currently hosting him at the office with hopes to reinstate him. The CEO who temporarily replaced him has publicly and privately supported his return. OpenAI's investors are backing him. His cofounder quit in solidarity.

Turns out the secret to getting through something like this is to simply have spent the past 15+ years genuinely helping everyone you've ever come across.

>>gkober+(OP)
Sure, he may have support from people like yourself. However, it’s possible that many people supporting him know the full story, or may be supporting him for the wrong reasons. For instance, Sam may have been courting outside investment for OpenAI or his own ventures competing with OpenAI without disclosing it to the board. Also, people may be supporting him because of their own interests (consider Microsoft). To say that he has support from people not involved is a bit meaningless right now; and saying he has support from j side OpenAI is devoid of evidence.

>>gkober+(OP)
I'm sure that this even happened at all isn't good for anyone. I can't for the life of me understand how the people who made this decision did it in the complete absence of talking to investors, stakeholders and even the OpenAI employees in leadership positions. And then to provide no explanation. Even the community and people who were using their APIs deserved one. They behaved so irresponsibly.

>>denver+Hd
I think you missed a majority of my post?

His CEO replacement supports him, the chairman of the board supports him, his investors (at least Satya + Kohsla) support him, his entire org supports him. You'd expect a handful of these people not to if there was really anything there, right?