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Who the heck is Tasha McCauley?

by ugh123 3y ago

CrimsonCape 3y ago
That's a fascinating question. I looked into this and haven't a clue, other than Joseph Gordon-Levitt's wife (?). If it's the same person, then she is a "tech-entrepreneur" with a surprising amount of liquidity and automatic privilege and titles despite no obvious achievement (unless you consider title-gathering an achievement).
- vdthatte 3y ago
  Joseph Gordon-Levitt played Travis Kalanick in super pumped
  - jeron 3y ago
    life imitates art
    - Apocryphon 3y ago
      Maybe the tech connection explains why he was intrigued by the role
- deleted 3y ago
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shuckles 3y ago
I think this is a legitimate question. There seems to be little public information about this board member, besides that they are married to a celebrity.
ignoramous 3y ago
Ousted Sam Altman! Remember the name.
davidmurphy 3y ago
Her LinkedIn profile now 404's https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-mccauley-25475a54 https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-mccauley-25475a54
- owlninja 3y ago
  She has changed it to just Tasha M now, odd! https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-m-25475a54/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-m-25475a54/
  - z7 3y ago
    Her Twitter account has also been privated.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
    - anonymouskimmer 3y ago
      None of these actions should be considered unusual from a woman (and probably a man, too) who was involved in a decision the result of which (with or without knowing the context) would piss off a lot of men. The only social media it's safe to leave open are those that allow shutting down of all DMs, and don't divulge information which could identify the physical places she habituates.
      - ericrosedev 3y ago
        No this can definitely be considered unusual, and it's misguided to paint it as angry men online. She participated in a decision that affects all of us (leadership/alignment of AI) and is now attempting to hide from the consistences of that participation (privatizing profile and change the name). You don't get to make big decisions and then hide under a rock.
        anonymouskimmer 3y ago
doerinrw 3y ago
She was involved with starting "Fellow Robots" in 2014, which is a spin-off of some sketchy for-profit AI "university" deal called "Singularity University". AFAICT she's notable because she's been an academic and executive in the field for many years, in many different companies.
- bpiche 3y ago
  Singularity University was such a funny grift. Google must have figured the best way to monetize Ray Kurzweil was to put him on a stage at the NASA/Moffett center and have him perform magic shows in front of the moneyed class. And you know, they were probably right. Not like he can still code or anything, and the lines were out the door and down the street. I visited a couple of times when my sister's old boyfriend was working there. They had all kinds of fun little booths and displays for people going through the bootcamp to gawk at. I'm imagining the kind of person who starts their career as an executive at a spinoff of SU.
- samspenc 3y ago
  > spin-off of some sketchy for-profit AI "university" deal called "Singularity University". Wow, that university rings some bells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Group#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Group#Controversie... "An investigative report from Bloomberg Businessweek found many issues with the organization, including an alleged sexual harassment of a student by a teacher, theft and aiding of theft by an executive, and allegations of gender and disability discrimination.[12] Several early members of Singularity University were convicted of crimes, including Bruce Klein, who was convicted in 2012 of running a credit fraud operation in Alabama, and Naveen Jain, who was convicted of insider trading in 2003.[12] In February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, MIT Technology Review reported that a group owned by Singularity, called Abundance 360, had held a "mostly maskless" event in Santa Monica ... The event, led by Singularity co-founder Peter Diamandis, charged up to $30,000 for tickets."
stillsut 3y ago
Looks like Tasha grew up in Santa Monica and currently works for RAND corporation. This is probably the most prestigious Defense think tank. The other board member, Helen Toner list for her twitter profile: "Interests: China+ML, natsec+tech..." and works for another Defense think tank. If there's one way the CEO of fastest growing company in the world could get fired, it's to essentially get his metaphoric security clearance pulled like Oppenheimer did.
- adharmad 3y ago
  The Oppenheimer analogy is closer than it sounds. Once the military had the technical knowledge of making the bomb, Oppenheimer was more of a liability with his pacifist leanings and had to be removed.
  - mc32 3y ago
    No one wants to risk another Ted Hall.
jefftk 3y ago
I don't know, but she's also on the board of EVF UK [1], which is the largest effective altruism organization. [1] https://ev.org/effective-ventures-foundation-uk/ https://ev.org/effective-ventures-foundation-uk/
- nintendo1889 3y ago
  meaning BIG THIEVERY
- kridsdale3 3y ago
  THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS. She's a plant for real.
screye 3y ago
Most transparent Fed plant if I've ever seen one.
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Who the heck is Tasha McCauley?

by ugh123 3y ago

Who the heck is Tasha McCauley?

That's a fascinating question. I looked into this and haven't a clue, other than Joseph Gordon-Levitt's wife (?). If it's the same person, then she is a "tech-entrepreneur" with a surprising amount of liquidity and automatic privilege and titles despite no obvious achievement (unless you consider title-gathering an achievement).

vdthatte 3y ago
Joseph Gordon-Levitt played Travis Kalanick in super pumped
- jeron 3y ago
  life imitates art
  - Apocryphon 3y ago
    Maybe the tech connection explains why he was intrigued by the role
deleted 3y ago
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shuckles 3y ago

I think this is a legitimate question. There seems to be little public information about this board member, besides that they are married to a celebrity.

ignoramous 3y ago

Ousted Sam Altman! Remember the name.

davidmurphy 3y ago

Her LinkedIn profile now 404's https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-mccauley-25475a54 https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-mccauley-25475a54

owlninja 3y ago
She has changed it to just Tasha M now, odd! https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-m-25475a54/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-m-25475a54/
- z7 3y ago
  Her Twitter account has also been privated.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
  - anonymouskimmer 3y ago
    None of these actions should be considered unusual from a woman (and probably a man, too) who was involved in a decision the result of which (with or without knowing the context) would piss off a lot of men. The only social media it's safe to leave open are those that allow shutting down of all DMs, and don't divulge information which could identify the physical places she habituates.
    - ericrosedev 3y ago
      No this can definitely be considered unusual, and it's misguided to paint it as angry men online. She participated in a decision that affects all of us (leadership/alignment of AI) and is now attempting to hide from the consistences of that participation (privatizing profile and change the name). You don't get to make big decisions and then hide under a rock.
      - anonymouskimmer 3y ago

doerinrw 3y ago

She was involved with starting "Fellow Robots" in 2014, which is a spin-off of some sketchy for-profit AI "university" deal called "Singularity University". AFAICT she's notable because she's been an academic and executive in the field for many years, in many different companies.

bpiche 3y ago
Singularity University was such a funny grift. Google must have figured the best way to monetize Ray Kurzweil was to put him on a stage at the NASA/Moffett center and have him perform magic shows in front of the moneyed class. And you know, they were probably right. Not like he can still code or anything, and the lines were out the door and down the street. I visited a couple of times when my sister's old boyfriend was working there. They had all kinds of fun little booths and displays for people going through the bootcamp to gawk at. I'm imagining the kind of person who starts their career as an executive at a spinoff of SU.
samspenc 3y ago
> spin-off of some sketchy for-profit AI "university" deal called "Singularity University". Wow, that university rings some bells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Group#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Group#Controversie... "An investigative report from Bloomberg Businessweek found many issues with the organization, including an alleged sexual harassment of a student by a teacher, theft and aiding of theft by an executive, and allegations of gender and disability discrimination.[12] Several early members of Singularity University were convicted of crimes, including Bruce Klein, who was convicted in 2012 of running a credit fraud operation in Alabama, and Naveen Jain, who was convicted of insider trading in 2003.[12] In February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, MIT Technology Review reported that a group owned by Singularity, called Abundance 360, had held a "mostly maskless" event in Santa Monica ... The event, led by Singularity co-founder Peter Diamandis, charged up to $30,000 for tickets."

stillsut 3y ago

Looks like Tasha grew up in Santa Monica and currently works for RAND corporation. This is probably the most prestigious Defense think tank. The other board member, Helen Toner list for her twitter profile: "Interests: China+ML, natsec+tech..." and works for another Defense think tank. If there's one way the CEO of fastest growing company in the world could get fired, it's to essentially get his metaphoric security clearance pulled like Oppenheimer did.

adharmad 3y ago
The Oppenheimer analogy is closer than it sounds. Once the military had the technical knowledge of making the bomb, Oppenheimer was more of a liability with his pacifist leanings and had to be removed.
- mc32 3y ago
  No one wants to risk another Ted Hall.

jefftk 3y ago

I don't know, but she's also on the board of EVF UK [1], which is the largest effective altruism organization. [1] https://ev.org/effective-ventures-foundation-uk/ https://ev.org/effective-ventures-foundation-uk/

nintendo1889 3y ago
meaning BIG THIEVERY
kridsdale3 3y ago
THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS. She's a plant for real.

screye 3y ago

Most transparent Fed plant if I've ever seen one.

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