“””Ms. Toner disagreed. The board’s mission is to ensure that the company creates artificial intelligence that “benefits all of humanity,” and if the company was destroyed, she said, that could be consistent with its mission.”””

This is remarkable and unhinged. I gave the board the benefit of the doubt at first, but as this unfolds, it becomes clear that the board is held hostage by ideological zealots who can’t compromise. The story also seems to paint Ilya as a manipulated figure, being bent against his beliefs by crazies like Toner exploiting his concerns about AI safety. What an absolute shame. I am entirely ambivalent about Altman overall, but he becomes more sympathetic as the days go by.