The recent OpenAI debacle showed us what humanity must stay wary of

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OpenAI board must have been watching this episode when it suddenly and inexplicably decided to dismiss the company’s charismatic founder-CEO Sam Altman in a half-hour of frenzied activity. The reverberations felt around the planet were like an alien landing’s, as the tech world and journalists tried to make sense out of this unexpected ouster.

The board gave a cryptic reason that Altman was not “consistently candid in his communications with the board," but clammed up afterwards. Various theories started floating in this vacuum.

There were whispers about Altman “lying to the board." Observers felt that he would have done something grossly inappropriate, but that was promptly refused by the board and OpenAI’s chief scientist. Another outrageous theory was that Sam and team had actually discovered AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), and the board was shaken by the implications, leading to Altman’s instant dismissal; a new development called Q Star (sounding dangerously like QAnon) was named as that AGI! There were also some dark mumblings of household trouble in the Altman family, and even conspiracy theories that Microsoft was behind the action in a plot to gain more control.

In fact, no one was more shocked than Microsoft and its charismatic CEO Satya Nadella. He and his company had gone all-in with Altman and OpenAI to develop the next generation of its software productivity products called Copilots.

The real reason for the abrupt decision was revealed soon, though: internal boardroom intrigue. One of its members, Helen Toner, had co-written a paper that seemed to pan OpenAI for “stoking the flames of AI hype." Altman was miffed, and, besides remonstrating with Toner, allegedly started rallying other board members to