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Given that over 750 people have signed the letter, it's safe to assume that their motivations vary. Some might be motivated by the financial aspects, some might be motivated by Sam's leadership (like considering Sam as a friend who needs support). Some might fervently believe that their work is crucial for the advancement of humanity and that any changes would just hinder their progress. And some might have just caved in to peer pressure.

As a customer/potential developer I don't care who the CEO is. However, I do wish the company was stable and the current situation seems anything but. The employees' letter makes me anxious about the company's future.

I feel called out - I have created a HN account recently in order to comment on this matter.

I consider the recent events as crucial to the future of whole industry. I follow them extensively and I am greatly interested in participating in a conversation with informed people. What better venues are there? Twitter? Reddit? Those two platforms are sadly full of uninformed trolls.

Jakub Pachocki (the head of research of OpenAI) has already quit on Friday. Lots of other high-ups might follow.

Ilya might be a genius, but he's not the only genius that OpenAI had.

Microsoft must have pushed for the situation to be resolved before the market opens on Monday. They couldn't afford to drag it out.

Could Microsoft possibly sue the board for market manipulation? If someone on the board shorted MSFT stock, they could have made millions.