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And now, thanks to Altman's new rule, we'll never know! I hate to say it, but that stinks to high heaven and gives me a lot more faith there's internal documents that support the boards decision. The fact is, Altman et al have made a choice to never let us know. Why would that be important to hide if he's a good guy and the board had no real justifications? Wouldn't it benefit them to show the board was full of shit? So hiding it is a bad fucking look.
Don't forget they recently took off the rules that said you couldn't use this for weapons. Altman is scum, I'm very convinced.
Did everyone just forget that Altman was the cryptobro behind worldcoin, ie that thing that got banned in every poor African country it launched in because of ethics and general damage to the public? Like, we knew he was a shitty person since long before openai was a household name.
Also, we do have a pretty good idea of what Altman did that worried the board of directors, namely when trying to get someone he didn’t like removed he met with every board member one on one and then lied to them by saying that everyone else was already on board with his plan and agreed with him. The board members compared notes, realized that he lied to their face, and fired him for said lieing. Given his reputation I don’t see how that should have been new info, but I guess they thought he would be honest with them, if not the public.
What is your source for the story about Altman being duplicitous with the board in that specific way? I tried at length to look for news about what exactly he had done back when this was happening, and I couldn't find it.