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Not to mention this statement ... imagine such a person on your startup board!

During the call, Jason Kwon, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, said the board was endangering the future of the company by pushing out Mr. Altman. This, he said, violated the members’ responsibilities.

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. In the board’s view, OpenAI would be stronger without Mr. Altman.

>>dbcoop+(OP)
>imagine such a person on your startup board!

Yeah, such a person totally blocks your startup from making billions of dollars instead of benefitting humanity.

Oh wait...

>>croes+x4
The other plausible explanation is that Helen Toner doesn’t care as much about safety as about her personal power and clinging to the seat which gives her importance. Saying it’s for safety is very easy and the obviously popular choice if you want to hide your motives. The remark she made strikes me as borderline narcissistic in retrospective.

>>siva7+Ac
If we want to play that game you could easily say Altman's critique of her wasn't to protect the company but to protect his assets.

Altman is past borderline.