Did you read the Altman profile in the New Yorker? Over 100 people interviewed and the portrait is devastating. A former board member literally says he is "unconstrained by truth." And then he went on Axios today dodging the question "why should we trust you?" with a 3-minute answer about... how AI won't change everything. The guy is a master at answering without actually answering.
But let's be honest — which Big Tech CEO would answer that question head-on? The more interesting point in the article for me is structural: OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit with an obligation to prioritize humanity's safety above profit, and now it's one of the highest valuations in the world. The question isn't just "can you trust Altman" — it's "can you trust a structure that contradicts its own founding principles."
Did you read the Altman profile in the New Yorker? Over 100 people interviewed and the portrait is devastating. A former board member literally says he is "unconstrained by truth." And then he went on Axios today dodging the question "why should we trust you?" with a 3-minute answer about... how AI won't change everything. The guy is a master at answering without actually answering.
But let's be honest — which Big Tech CEO would answer that question head-on? The more interesting point in the article for me is structural: OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit with an obligation to prioritize humanity's safety above profit, and now it's one of the highest valuations in the world. The question isn't just "can you trust Altman" — it's "can you trust a structure that contradicts its own founding principles."