Ars Technica
“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO
OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/the-problem-is-sam-altman-openai-insiders-dont-trust-ceo/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Apr 6 at 9:24pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadJonathan1d ago

@arstechnica

"Overall, insiders painted Altman as a people-pleaser who tells others what they want to hear while questing for power in an alleged bid to always put himself first. As one board member summed up Altman, he has “two traits that are almost never seen in the same person. The first is a strong desire to please people, to be liked in any given interaction. The second is almost a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences that may come from deceiving someone.” "

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Show threadJonathan1d ago
This is probably more common than that board member would care to ever appreciate
Show threadIain Collins1d ago
@jmcrookston Oh yeah, got to that bit in the article and immediately thought back to this: https://graphics.social/@metin/112245634762878372
Metin Seven 🎨 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Whenever I see OpenAI's Sam Altman with his pseudo-innocent glance, he always reminds me of Carter Burke from Aliens (1986), who deceived the entire spaceship crew in favor of his corporation, with the aim of getting rich by weaponizing a newly discovered intelligent lifeform. #aliens #alien #tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Fuck_AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT

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Show threadJonathan20h ago

@iaincollins

Yeah I've noticed a lot of these con men have baby faces

Show threadScott Kellum1d ago
@jmcrookston @arstechnica I like how accurately this describes LLMs as well.
Show threadSmArTy Ants1d ago
@jmcrookston @arstechnica that's not scary at all! 🙃
Show threadMax Lee1d ago
@arstechnica They fired him for a reason after all...
Show threadSTRGHT TO THE MOON1d ago

@arstechnica

Neither do I.

OpenAI is like Meta. The ethics are no ethics. It’s the enemy of human beings and mother nature.

Actually I assume Altman is not capable of being CEO of such an impactful tech company.

Show threadケレムさん 🏴‍☠️ イラスト 1d ago
@arstechnica the most punchable face in entire planet
Show threadprimalmotion1d ago
@keremgoart @arstechnica wow. slow down here, pal. There's a whole line of punchable fuckers in the USA
Show threadKeen1d ago
@arstechnica from the editorial standards that brought an influenza excuse to an AI misinformation scandal! That dude still getting published?
Show threadbenny1d ago
@arstechnica just look at the guys face
Show threadDickon Hood1d ago
@arstechnica The easiest way for #OpenAI to benefit humanity would be for them to shut down.