I personally put a relatively high probability of this being a galaxy brained media psyop by OpenAI/Sam Altman.
Eliezer makes a very good point that confusion around people claiming AI advances/whistleblowing benefits OpenAI significantly, and Sam Altman has a history of making galaxy brained political plays (attempting to get Helen fired (and then winning), testifying to congress that it is good he has oversight via the board and he should not be full control of OpenAI and then replacing the board with underlings, etc).
Sam is very smart and politically capable. This feels in character.
I personally put a relatively high probability of this being a galaxy brained media psyop by OpenAI/Sam Altman.
Eliezer makes a very good point that confusion around people claiming AI advances/whistleblowing benefits OpenAI significantly, and Sam Altman has a history of making galaxy brained political plays (attempting to get Helen fired (and then winning), testifying to congress that it is good he has oversight via the board and he should not be full control of OpenAI and then replacing the board with underlings, etc).
Sam is very smart and politically capable. This feels in character.