Honestly given all what I have heard about Sam Altman I wouldn't be surprised (i.e. speculative) if he did systematically manipulate and deceived the board (but

Honestly given all what I have heard about Sam Altman I wouldn't be surprised (i.e. speculative) if he did systematically manipulate and deceived the board (but subtle enough to not be legally "lying" or fraud) with the intention to forth through his goals no matter weather they agree or not. Assuming such situation happens in is noticed there is no reason to consult because it wouldn't change anything and just make things more complicated as the only action which can be taken is to fire the manipulator in power asap. Especially some recent actions where not so much in line with the mission the board is supposed to protect push for but very much in line with giving especially Microsoft a additional competitive advantage (i.e. additional to what Microsoft payed for). And I have seen many comments like but MS and other stake holder should have been part of the decisions and similar. But here is the think, with the specific structure of OpenAI MS and other knew from the get to go that it's a high risk investment where even through they in vest a ton of money they won't have _anything_ to say at all when it comes to decision done by the outer non-profit which is implicitly the majority owner of the for-profit OpenAI.