> OpenAI is governed by the board of OpenAI Nonprofit, which consists of OpenAI LP employees Greg Brockman (Chairman & CTO), Ilya Sutskever (Chief Scientist), and Sam Altman (CEO), and non-employees Adam D’Angelo, Holden Karnofsky, Reid Hoffman, Shivon Zilis, Tasha McCauley, and Will Hurd.
Holden might have agreed to have Helen replace him. She used to work at Open Phil, too, so Holden probably knows her well enough. Open Phil bought a board seat, and it’s not weird for them to fill it as they see fit, without having it reserved only for a specific individual.
Is Holden still on the board?
He is listed in the website.
> OpenAI is governed by the board of OpenAI Nonprofit, which consists of OpenAI LP employees Greg Brockman (Chairman & CTO), Ilya Sutskever (Chief Scientist), and Sam Altman (CEO), and non-employees Adam D’Angelo, Holden Karnofsky, Reid Hoffman, Shivon Zilis, Tasha McCauley, and Will Hurd.
It might not be up to date though
It can’t be up to date, since they recently announced that Helen Toner joined the board, and she’s not listed.
The website now lists Helen Toner, but do not list Holden, so it seems he is no longer on the board.
That’s pretty wild, especially considering getting Holden on the board was a major condition of OpenPhilanthropy’s $30,000,000 grant: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/openai-general-support#Details_on_Open_Philanthropy8217s_role
Thought it also says the grant was for 3 years, so maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that his board seat only lasted that long.
Holden might have agreed to have Helen replace him. She used to work at Open Phil, too, so Holden probably knows her well enough. Open Phil bought a board seat, and it’s not weird for them to fill it as they see fit, without having it reserved only for a specific individual.