That event wasn't some unprovoked start of this history.
> That board member escalates by pushing Altman out (and Brockman off the board)
and the entire company retaliated. Then this board member tried to sell the company to a competitor who refused. In the meantime the board went through two interim CEOs who refused to play along with this scheme. In the meantime one of the people who voted to fire the CEO regretted it publicly within 24 hours. That's a clown car of a board. It reflects the quality of most non-profit boards but not of organizations that actually execute well.
Something that's been fairly consistent here on HN throughout the debacle has been an almost fanatical defense of the board's actions as justified.
The board was incompetent. It will go down in the history books as one of the biggest blunders of a board in history.
If you want to take drastic action, you consult with your biggest partner keeping the lights on before you do so. Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley had no business being on this board. Even if you had safety concerns in mind, you don't bypass everyone else with a stake in the future of your business because you're feeling petulant.
That event wasn't some unprovoked start of this history.
> That board member escalates by pushing Altman out (and Brockman off the board)
and the entire company retaliated. Then this board member tried to sell the company to a competitor who refused. In the meantime the board went through two interim CEOs who refused to play along with this scheme. In the meantime one of the people who voted to fire the CEO regretted it publicly within 24 hours. That's a clown car of a board. It reflects the quality of most non-profit boards but not of organizations that actually execute well.