It's speculated that pressure is being put on OpenAI employees to sign the letter requesting his return: https://nitter.net/benlandautaylor/status/1727000049618

It's speculated that pressure is being put on OpenAI employees to sign the letter requesting his return: https://nitter.net/benlandautaylor/status/1727000049618694630#m https://nitter.net/benlandautaylor/status/172700004961869463... If that's true, I imagine other kinds of pressure could be applied too. Sam seems like the kind of guy you don't want to cross. Paul Graham says he's "extremely good at becoming powerful": https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-manifest-destiny https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-ma... I linked that New Yorker article from another thread, and dang said my comment was downweighted, but he wouldn't say how, just that it wasn't done by a mod: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38357062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38357062 (I know people don't like it when you complain about the moderation, but it seems topical in this case, since it gives insight into other machinations which could be happening)