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> - Tasha McCauley represents the Centre for the Governance of AI, which Dustin Moskovitz gave a $1M grant to via Open Philanthropy Dustin Moskovitz is worth 1

> - Tasha McCauley represents the Centre for the Governance of AI, which Dustin Moskovitz gave a $1M grant to via Open Philanthropy Dustin Moskovitz is worth 13.5B. It seems like a $1M grant would be so inconsequential he might not have even realized it was given, and is probably within the range of what employees at Open Philanthropy could do with the most minor of sign-offs. You make it sound like there is an inherent relationship or obligation there, and there just wouldn't be at those dollar ranges. The overall ethical priorities of Tomer/McCauley/Moskovitz are clearly aligned, but that doesn't mean he would need to be behind the curtain pulling any strings.

alephnerd 3y ago
Toner and McCauley were both members of the Centre for the Governance of AI. Toner was a Research Affiliate there and Tasha McCauley was on the board of the Centre for the Governance of AI during that time. After Toner left, Open Philanthropy gave a grant to the Centre for the Governance of AI and McCauley joined the OpenAI board along with Toner A number of other former OpenAI boardmembers were senior members of Open Philanthropy before they left over the past few years to concentrate FT on Open Philanthropy and other projects > employees at Open Philanthropy could do with the most minor of sign-offs That employee was Helen Toner before she left.
- whatshisface 3y ago
  Connections at that level don't mean a lot because sitting on the same philanthropy boards is a form of networking, it'd be like finding them on the same Discord server, in terms of significance and the number of links you could make that way.
  - alephnerd 3y ago
    Of course, but both Toner and McCauley are on the same boards with the same handful of organizations (Centre for Governance of AI, Centre for Effective Altruism, OpenAI) and Toner (and her coworkers/managers like former OpenAI Board Member Holden Karnofsky) both managed grantmaking from OpenPhilanthropy to the organizations above. If you're working together in that many organizations you will end up having a working relationship.
    - ckl1810 3y ago
      How did Tasha McCauley know Dustin Moskovitz?
      - WeylandDarkStar 3y ago
        That's what I want to know !

alephnerd 3y ago

Toner and McCauley were both members of the Centre for the Governance of AI. Toner was a Research Affiliate there and Tasha McCauley was on the board of the Centre for the Governance of AI during that time. After Toner left, Open Philanthropy gave a grant to the Centre for the Governance of AI and McCauley joined the OpenAI board along with Toner A number of other former OpenAI boardmembers were senior members of Open Philanthropy before they left over the past few years to concentrate FT on Open Philanthropy and other projects > employees at Open Philanthropy could do with the most minor of sign-offs That employee was Helen Toner before she left.

whatshisface 3y ago
Connections at that level don't mean a lot because sitting on the same philanthropy boards is a form of networking, it'd be like finding them on the same Discord server, in terms of significance and the number of links you could make that way.
- alephnerd 3y ago
  Of course, but both Toner and McCauley are on the same boards with the same handful of organizations (Centre for Governance of AI, Centre for Effective Altruism, OpenAI) and Toner (and her coworkers/managers like former OpenAI Board Member Holden Karnofsky) both managed grantmaking from OpenPhilanthropy to the organizations above. If you're working together in that many organizations you will end up having a working relationship.
  - ckl1810 3y ago
    How did Tasha McCauley know Dustin Moskovitz?
    - WeylandDarkStar 3y ago
      That's what I want to know !