>be ilya sutskever
>cofounder of openai, chief scientist
>watching sam altman do sam altman things
>lying, pitting execs against each other, chaos
>mira murati keeps sending screenshots
>“dude you gotta see this”
>she’s sending you texts between sam and greg
>she’s telling you sam got fired from YC
>she’s telling you greg got fired from stripe
>you believe all of it
>collect evidence for months
>actually been considering this for at least a year
> waiting for right board composition
>“just need sam’s friends off the board”
>finally happens
>time to act
>write 52 page manifesto about altman
>another one about brockman
>send via disappearing email
>november 17, 2023
>fire sam altman
>expect employees to be neutral
>but 700+ employees threaten to quit
>helen toner says destroying company is “consistent with mission”
>anthropic calls saturday morning
>“hey want to merge? we’ll run it”
>Ilya: “absolutely not”
>rest of board: “hmm interesting”
>monday rolls around
>sam altman reinstated as CEO
>i sign letter saying i regret my actions
>everyone mad at me now
>resign May 2024
>start (SSI) Safe Superintelligence
>elon musk suing openai and altman
>you’re a key witness
>october 2025 deposition
>have to testify that everything
>but lawyer objects to everything
>can’t say who pays legal bills (it’s openai)
>still have openai equity
>worth more than ever
>can’t say how much equity worth
>Elon’s lawyer: "we're not done here"
>they want everything documented
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