I think it shows the dangers of natural intelligence (NI), which occurs in some humans. And raises an ethical question, could NI be an existential threat to humanity? I am afraid so, and I think we need our governments to step in and regulate NI. For example, we should consider limiting which companies can have intelligent employees. We need to make sure that natural intelligence is only ever used by responsible people.
Without Altman, will Microsoft have invested $10 billion+ in OpenAI?<p>Sure, he might not be the brains, but will Microsoft have really bet $10b+ on Murati, Ilya, and two nonprofit board hoggers?
A lot of people are missing the key point: the CEO doesn't own the company. The Board does, and the CEO and other officers are hired by the Board to run the company on their behalf and on investors'.<p>Based on the insider details leaking on Twitter and Reddit this is a case of a narcissistic CEO more preoccupied with becoming a household name like Elon Musk than with doing the job for which they were hired.<p>If what's rumored is true then his firing was absolutely justified.<p>Try running your own agenda against the express wishes of your direct superior(s) at just about any company, and see how well that goes.