Comment by bbor

Great analysis, but you're missing two key factors IMO:

1. People who honestly think AGI is here aren't thinking about their careers in the typical sense at all. It's sorta ethical/"ideological", but it's mostly just practical.

2. People who honestly think AGI is here are fucking terrified right now, and were already treating Ilya as a spiritual center after Altman's coup (quite possibly an unearned title, but oh well, that's history for ya). A rallying cry like this -- so clearly aimed at the big picture instead of marketing they don't even need CSS -- will be seen as a do-or-die moment by many, I think. There's only so much of "general industry continues to go in direction experts recommend against; corporate consolidation continues!" headlines an ethical engineer can take before snapping and trying to take on Goliath, odds be damned