These emails leave me wondering: Greg and Ilya were initially on the same team, did Greg later side with Sam because Ilya betrayed them both, or did Greg and Sam naturally grow closer over time?
Regardless of what happened, Ilya leaving OpenAI was a huge loss—he seemed to genuinely believe in the original mission, unlike Sam and Elon who seemed to be at least partly motivated by personal ambition and ego.
These emails leave me wondering: Greg and Ilya were initially on the same team, did Greg later side with Sam because Ilya betrayed them both, or did Greg and Sam naturally grow closer over time?
Regardless of what happened, Ilya leaving OpenAI was a huge loss—he seemed to genuinely believe in the original mission, unlike Sam and Elon who seemed to be at least partly motivated by personal ambition and ego.