Why was Sam Altman fired?
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YESSam has been misrepresenting the board members’ positions when talking to other board members
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YESSam tried to manipulate the board members
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YESThe board caught him lying several times
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YESBecause Sam/OpenAI have been intentionally misleading the board
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YES Sam was "extremely good at becoming powerful", too often getting his way in various conflicts with the board. Past board members and employees who opposed him, on a variety of issues, were forced out. They wanted a less powerful CEO.
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YESInterpersonal squabbles not related to AI safety
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YESTold one too many little fibs/frequently dishonest about minor decisions/pathological liar
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N/ASam tried to oust other board member(s)
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N/AAny reason whatsoever (resolves yes)
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N/ASomething he did
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N/ADisagreement with Ilya Sutskever
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N/ANot Consistently Candid
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N/ALiterally no other reason other than habitual lying and dishonesty, topic irrelevant
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N/ASam defrauding/lying to the board
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30%Sam had minor communication issues (which the board felt was enough to fire him)
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N/ASomething related to Microsoft
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NOSam tried to compromise the independence of the independent board members by sending an email to staff “reprimanding” Helen Toner https://archive.ph/snLmn
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NOWe won't know, within the next year.
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NOInternal power struggle, Ilya wanted Sam out
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NOA power play with no straightforward case ever given by the board
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