The Information: The People OpenAI Should Consider for Its New Board
The Information: The People OpenAI Should Consider for Its New Board
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Sam Altman’s sudden ouster and revolving-door return as CEO of OpenAI was the result of a boardroom power struggle between Altman and board members like Helen Toner who raised concerns about the unbridled power of artificial intelligence. The debacle shows thatwhen a board is not aligned with the objectives of management and investors, chaos ensues.
What comes next for OpenAI will require extreme statesmanship from Altman and surgical implementation of just the right checks to balance the safety risks of AI against the company’s commercial interests. The stakes will only rise as the company continues to pursue its quest for artificial general intelligence, the kind of AI that can learn and think like humans.
Navigating the perilous road ahead requires a clear resolution to what started this conflict: the unusual makeup of OpenAI’s board, which controls a nonprofit organization that oversees OpenAI’s for-profit businesses.
I've argued that addressing AI’s biggest questions requires an interdisciplinary approach. AI is not just an engineering challenge but a human challenge requiring comprehensive consideration of technological, policy, moral and epistemological issues. OpenAI needs a revamped board of directors guided by fiduciaries who are fully equipped to handle all of them.
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