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Don’t forget she’s heavily invested in a company that is directly competing with OpenAI. So obviously it’s also in her best interest to see OpenAI destroyed.
by stingraycharles 3y ago
Don’t forget she’s heavily invested in a company that is directly competing with OpenAI. So obviously it’s also in her best interest to see OpenAI destroyed.
- lodovic 3y agoShe probably wants both companies to be successful. Board members are not super villains.
- siva7 3y agoI agree that we should usually assume good faith. Still, if a member knows she will loose the board seat soon and makes such a implicit statement to the leadership team there is reason to believe that she doesn't want both companies to be successful, at least one of those not.
- murakamiiq84 3y agoWait what? She invested in a competitor? Do you have a source?
- otteromkram 3y agoOne source might be DuckDuckGo. It's a privacy-focused alternative to Google, which is great when researching "unusual" topics.
- murakamiiq84 3y agoI couldn't find any source on her investing in any AI companies. If it's true (and not hidden), I'm really surprised that major news publications aren't covering it.
- dontupvoteme 3y ago>which is great when researching "unusual" topics. Yandex is for Porn. What is DDG for?
- free652 3y agoDDG sells your information to Microsoft, there is no such thing as privacy when $$$ are involved
- doktrin 3y ago> obviously it’s also in her best interest to see OpenAI destroyed Do you feel the same way about Reed Hastings serving on Facebooks BoD, or Eric Schmidt on Apples? How about Larry Ellison at Tesla? These are just the lowest of hanging fruit, i.e literal chief executives and founders. If we extend the criteria for ethical compromise to include every board members investment portfolio I imagine quite a few more “obvious” conflicts will emerge.
- svnt 3y agoHow does Netflix compete with Facebook? This is what happened with Eric Schmidt on Apple’s board: he was removed (allowed to resign) for conflicts of interest. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2009/08/03Dr-Eric-Schmidt-Resigns-from-Apples-Board-of-Directors/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2009/08/03Dr-Eric-Schmidt-Res... Oracle is going to get into EVs? You’ve provided two examples that have no conflicts of interest and one where the person was removed when they did.
- doktrin 3y ago> How does Netflix compete with Facebook? By definition the attention economy dictates that time spent one place can’t be spent in another. Do you also feel as though Twitch doesn’t compete with Facebook simply because they’re not identical businesses? That’s not how it works. But you don’t have to just take my word for it : > “Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday he was slow to come around to advertising on the streaming platform because he was too focused on digital competition from Facebook and Google.” https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/11/30/netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-on-advertising-turnaround-focused-on-google-facebook.html https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/11/30/netflix-ceo-reed-hasting... > This is what happened with Eric Schmidt on Apple’s board Yes, after 3 years. A tenure longer than the OAI board members in question, so frankly the point stands.
- JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago> > By definition the attention economy dictates that time spent one place can’t be spent in another Using that definition even the local gokart renting place or the local jetski renting place competes with Facebook. If you want to use that definition you might want to also add a criteria for minimum size of the company.
- Philpax 3y agoUhhh, are you sure about that? She wrote a paper that praised Anthropic’s approach to safety, but as far as I’m aware she’s not invested in them. Are you thinking of the CEO of Quora whose product was eaten alive by the announcement of GPTs?