据《纽约客》等报道,OpenAI联合创始人Ilya Sutskever及多位董事会成员严厉指控Sam Altman存在长期行为模式:经常撒谎、挑拨高管对立,且“不受真相约束”。董事会成员形容他兼具强烈取悦他人欲望和近乎病态的欺骗漠然感。已故的Aaron Swartz与Paul Graham也曾私下警告其不可信任。Altman本人在被董事会质询欺骗行为时回应“无法改变个性”。OpenAI董事会官方声明亦指出其沟通“缺乏一贯坦诚”。
Sam Altman, according to those who worked closely with him:
"Sam exhibits a consistent pattern of lying, undermining his execs, and pitting his execs against one another."- Ilya Sutskever
"He's unconstrained by truth."- OpenAI board member
"He has two traits that are almost never seen in the same person. The first is a strong desire to please people, to be liked in any given interaction. The second is almost a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences that may come from deceiving someone."- OpenAI board member
"a sociopath unbound by the truth"- OpenAI board members
"You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted. He is a sociopath. He would do anything."- Aaron Swartz