Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?

A Hacker News thread debated whether Sam Altman and OpenAI hold outsized influence and whether they can be trusted.

Users reported varied experiences comparing models including GPT 5.2–5.4, Codex, Claude, Opus, Gemini, and Kimi k2.5.

Many participants said they run multiple models side-by-side for coding work and found different models excel at different tasks.