“I think this will be the most transformative and beneficial technology humanity has yet invented,” Altman said, adding later, “On a personal note, four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple of weeks, I’ve gotten to be in the room when we push … the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward.”
Relevant quote from Altman after the firing:
Yes though I think he said this at APEC right before he was fired (not after).
Yes, well before. Here is the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFFvqRemDv8&t=815s