I wish being untrustworthy and being unsuccessful were linked in this way, but sadly they are not.

Altman's untrustworthiness goes all the way back to Loopt and Paul Graham's comments about him were meant as praise, not criticism.

OpenAI's problem is that in addition to Altman being untrustworthy he has also just been flailing in terms of focus.

> ...just been flailing...

Brains fried post late-00s to 10s endless ZIRP waterfall helping them fail up. Not used to reality where everything they touch does not turn to gold.