Sam Altman
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In this case, and I think one of the things with our structure that we maybe should have thought about more than we did, is that the board of a nonprofit has, unless you put other rules in place, quite a lot of power. They don't really answer to anyone but themselves. And there's ways in which that's good.
In this case, and I think one of the things with our structure that we maybe should have thought about more than we did, is that the board of a nonprofit has, unless you put other rules in place, quite a lot of power. They don't really answer to anyone but themselves. And there's ways in which that's good.
But what we'd really like is for the board of OpenAI to answer to the world as a whole as much as that's a practical thing.
But what we'd really like is for the board of OpenAI to answer to the world as a whole as much as that's a practical thing.
But what we'd really like is for the board of OpenAI to answer to the world as a whole as much as that's a practical thing.
The old board sort of got smaller over the course of about a year. It was nine and then it went down to six. And then we couldn't agree on who to add. And the board also, I think, didn't have a lot of experienced board members. And a lot of the new board members at Open AI just have more experience as board members. I think that'll help.
The old board sort of got smaller over the course of about a year. It was nine and then it went down to six. And then we couldn't agree on who to add. And the board also, I think, didn't have a lot of experienced board members. And a lot of the new board members at Open AI just have more experience as board members. I think that'll help.
The old board sort of got smaller over the course of about a year. It was nine and then it went down to six. And then we couldn't agree on who to add. And the board also, I think, didn't have a lot of experienced board members. And a lot of the new board members at Open AI just have more experience as board members. I think that'll help.
So Brett and Larry were kind of decided in the heat of the moment over this very tense weekend. And that weekend was like a real roller coaster. It was like a lot of ups and downs. And we were trying to agree on... new board members that both sort of the executive team here and the old board members felt would be reasonable. Larry was actually one of their suggestions, the old board members.
So Brett and Larry were kind of decided in the heat of the moment over this very tense weekend. And that weekend was like a real roller coaster. It was like a lot of ups and downs. And we were trying to agree on... new board members that both sort of the executive team here and the old board members felt would be reasonable. Larry was actually one of their suggestions, the old board members.
So Brett and Larry were kind of decided in the heat of the moment over this very tense weekend. And that weekend was like a real roller coaster. It was like a lot of ups and downs. And we were trying to agree on... new board members that both sort of the executive team here and the old board members felt would be reasonable. Larry was actually one of their suggestions, the old board members.
Brett, I think I had even previous to that weekend suggested, but he was busy and didn't want to do it. And then we really needed help and would. We talked about a lot of other people too, but that was
Brett, I think I had even previous to that weekend suggested, but he was busy and didn't want to do it. And then we really needed help and would. We talked about a lot of other people too, but that was
Brett, I think I had even previous to that weekend suggested, but he was busy and didn't want to do it. And then we really needed help and would. We talked about a lot of other people too, but that was
I didn't think I could work with the old board again in the same configuration, although we then decided, and I'm grateful that Adam would stay, but we wanted to get to, we considered various configurations, decided we wanted to get to a board of three. And had to find two new board members over the course of sort of a short period of time.
I didn't think I could work with the old board again in the same configuration, although we then decided, and I'm grateful that Adam would stay, but we wanted to get to, we considered various configurations, decided we wanted to get to a board of three. And had to find two new board members over the course of sort of a short period of time.
I didn't think I could work with the old board again in the same configuration, although we then decided, and I'm grateful that Adam would stay, but we wanted to get to, we considered various configurations, decided we wanted to get to a board of three. And had to find two new board members over the course of sort of a short period of time.
So those were decided honestly without, you know, that's like you kind of do that on the battlefield. You don't have time to design a rigorous process then. For new board members since... new board members will add going forward. We have some criteria that we think are important for the board to have, different expertise that we want the board to have.
So those were decided honestly without, you know, that's like you kind of do that on the battlefield. You don't have time to design a rigorous process then. For new board members since... new board members will add going forward. We have some criteria that we think are important for the board to have, different expertise that we want the board to have.
So those were decided honestly without, you know, that's like you kind of do that on the battlefield. You don't have time to design a rigorous process then. For new board members since... new board members will add going forward. We have some criteria that we think are important for the board to have, different expertise that we want the board to have.