Was ousting Sam Altman good for AI? One X user argues he drove AI's growth since the board drama
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-06
Afinetheorem poses an ex-post question about OpenAI's 2023 board drama: did pushing Sam Altman out actually help "AI to benefit humanity"?
His take: Altman is arguably the single person most responsible for the growth and diffusion of AI since the board action, especially via the compute buildout — implying the ouster may have catalyzed an even larger AI expansion rather than slowing it.
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