panickssery: the specific firing reasons don't really matter
panickssery · x · 2026-10-09
panickssery partially agrees with Kelsey Piper's chilling-effect point but insists the specific stated reasons aren't the point, and that people are mixing plausible 'pretextual reasons' claims with unverified specific theories about the real motive.
He also downplays the significance of people holding off commenting until they confirmed OpenAI wouldn't provide specific reasons they liked.
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