[Tangokat]

How about this:

- The Q* model is very small and trained with little compute.

- The OpenAI team thinks the model will scale in capability in the same way the GPT models do.

- Throwing (much) more compute at the model will likely allow it to solve research level math and beyond, perhaps also do actual logic reasoning in other areas.

- Sam goes to investors to raise more money (Saudi++) to fund the extra compute needed. He wants to create a company making AI chips to get more compute etc.

- The board and a few other OpenAI employees (notably Ilya) wants to be cautious and adopt a more "wait and see" approach.

All of this is speculation of course.