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1. kashya+KM[view] [source] 2023-11-20 17:19:30
>>skille+(OP)
Silicon Valley outsider here. Am I being harsh here?

I just bothered to look at the full OpenAI board composition. Besides Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman, why are these people eligible to be on the OpenAI board? Such young people, calling themselves "President of this", "Director of that".

- Adam D'Angelo — Quora CEO (no clue what he's doing on OpenAI board)

- Tasha McCauley — a "management scientist" (this is a new term for me); whatever that means

- Helen Toner — I don't know what exactly she does, again, "something-something Director of strategy" at Georgetown University, for such a young person

No wise veterans here to temper the adrenaline?

Edit: the term clusterf*** comes to mind here.

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2. church+TW[view] [source] 2023-11-20 17:53:31
>>kashya+KM
Exactly this. I saw another commenter raise this point about Tasha (and Helen, if I remember correctly) noting that her LinkedIn profile is filled with SV-related jargon and indulge-the-wife thinktanks but without any real experience taking products to market or scaling up technology companies.

Given the pool of talent they could have chosen from their board makeup looks extremely poor.

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3. mdekke+Ai1[view] [source] 2023-11-20 19:09:44
>>church+TW
> indulge-the-wife thinktanks

Regardless of context, this is an incredibly demeaning comment. Shame on you

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4. jdthed+5o1[view] [source] 2023-11-20 19:31:07
>>mdekke+Ai1
Truth hurts sometimes, eh?
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