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In my opinion... If you want to be the titan of an industry and do things that put you at the center of media attention, you have to expect comments of this ki
by tg180 3y ago
In my opinion...
If you want to be the titan of an industry and do things that put you at the center of media attention, you have to expect comments of this kind and not be surprised when they happen. Whether you are a man, a woman or anybody else.
If you don't expect "not very nice" or ambivalent reactions from people, you are an amateur and you shouldn't be in the board of such a prominent company.
- upwardbound 3y agoTrue. I just think it’s messed up that she is equally qualified for this specific board (given the unusual fiduciary duty definition defined in the OpenAI charter I linked above) as e.g. Adam D’Angelo, and I don’t see a bunch of creepy people [note: I edited this part because fsckboy made a good point] hating on him despite him also being part of this same exact power struggle. What does founding Quora have to do with developing safe, beneficial AGI? If anything, Adam seems like more of a token board member than Helen, in that Adam is “token rich dude from early days at Google or Facebook”.
- tg180 3y agoBeing at the forefront of the development of new technologies means that you are sailing uncharted territory. It's my belief that in cases like this, previous qualifications are almost irrelevant. Of course you have to be competent on the subject matter, work hard, iterate and have luck.
- fsckboy 3y ago>...creepy white dudes annnnd you just shredded your credibility with some casual bigotry
- upwardbound 3y agoYou’re right. I’m sorry for that blunder and I edited my comment to correct it.
- optimalsolver 3y agoWhy? He was right on the money.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoBecause despite a sudden popularity of viewing white people as sub-human or non-human, they are in fact human, and this made that remark explicitly sexist and racist.
- lovich 3y agoHe does seem token in that regard but it was a known quality of tokenism. Being a founder of Quora and a CTO at Facebook has enough cache to explain being on the board of directors for another tech company. I took Tasha and Helen being grouped together happening not due to being women but due to being relatively unknown
- yallneedtoget 3y ago[flagged]
- jacquesm 3y ago> I don’t see a bunch of creepy people [note: I edited this part because fsckboy made a good point] hating on him despite him also being part of this same exact power struggle. I'm not sure where I am on the creepy scale but I'm happy to hate on him because I really don't think he should be anywhere near that board. And yes, Helen Toner does have a claim. Not sure about the level of experience in the typical role of a board member but plenty of cred when it comes to the subject matter.