The tech community is inherently cynical, not because we dwell in basements and fear sunlight, but because we've been around long enough to see the corruptive effects of the big business side of tech.

The article is well balanced and in my opinion doesn't exhibit a sense of bias. It's clear you're not alone in noticing the dots on the graph are forming a line.

Some may say that merely shining a light on the topic, rather than something more virtuous, is a form of bias. I tend to disagree with those assessments due to the aforementioned reasons.

We're all adults, we can hold a complex view of Sam Altman. It's not about putting him in a good or bad box, but being aware that he does have financial ties to all of this (avoidable or otherwise) and that is the lens we may need to evaluate some of his decisions by.

His actions will ultimately tell his story.

That said, HN can be a little too suspicious and it does frequently trump up malice in the benign.