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The firing was about "Altman not being honest with the board." Since then, journalists have talked to both sides on and off the record and confirmed that the o
by nabla9 3y ago
The firing was about "Altman not being honest with the board."
Since then, journalists have talked to both sides on and off the record and confirmed that the only reason for firing was distrust for Altman's honesty.
Altman's history seems to match. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-altman-fired-y-combinator-paul-graham/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-alt...
>Four years ago, one of Altman’s mentors, Y Combinator founder Paul Graham, flew from the United Kingdom to San Francisco to give his protégé the boot, according to three people familiar with the incident, which has not been previously reported. .... he flew across the Atlantic with concerns that the company’s president put his own interests ahead of the organization — worries that would be echoed by OpenAI’s board.
>A separate concern, unrelated to his initial firing, was that Altman personally invested in start-ups he discovered through the incubator using a fund he created with his brother Jack — a kind of double-dipping for personal enrichment that was practiced by other founders and later limited by the organization.
“It was the school of loose management that is all about prioritizing what’s in it for me,”
- FartyMcFarter 3y agoThere has also been at least one former OpenAI employee stating that Altman lied to him multiple times [1]. By itself this wouldn't be worth much, but it adds to the claims of Altman not being an honest guy. [1] https://x.com/geoffreyirving/status/1726754277618491416?s=20 https://x.com/geoffreyirving/status/1726754277618491416?s=20
- xyzzy4747 3y agoMaybe Altman values achieving a particular goal more than honesty.
- pseudalopex 3y agoEveryone who lies values something more than honesty. What is your point?