An article published by The New Yorker is based on interviews with OpenAI insiders. According to several engineers, Altman lacks experience in programming and machine learning.
New Yorker Report: Internal Testimony Claims OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Lacks Technical Proficiency and Confuses Basic Terms
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It is reported that this lack of technical proficiency becomes evident in instances where the CEO confuses basic AI terms. The article depicts him as a "skilled navigator" whose understanding of the AI systems his own company builds is surprisingly shallow.
In an interview with the magazine, former OpenAI researcher Carol Wainwright stated, "On paper, he creates structures that constrain his future self. But when that future arrives and the time comes to be constrained, he renders those structures null."
One Microsoft executive said there is a "small but real" possibility that Altman will ultimately be remembered as a fraud on the level of Bernie Madoff or Sam Bankman-Fried.
Source: Sam Altman's Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Concepts（HN 67pt・56コメント）（HN Search (backfill)、2026-04-10）