People with a child’s view of the world, in charge of $billions of other people’s money, is the common theme.
Here's my guess: I think OpenAI should have prioritized character more in its hiring. Ending up with an organization full of employees who cared more about making money than upholding the charter was a mistake. Ultimately it's not enough for the people on the board to have character. The CEO and employees need to have character too.
In EA, the ends always justify the means, so that includes doing any or all of the things you mention if it achieves some ideological goal.
The only person I've seen advocate "ends justify the means" in this discussion is someone criticizing Toner: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38373319
I think OpenAI should have prioritized sanity more in its board member selection.
Just because you're unpopular doesn't mean you're insane.