[ozgung]

I am glad someone said that. Among the endless theories this obvious aspect was interestingly missing. Maybe it's because of the culture in SV/HN where people and companies feel secure and isolated from the politics (maybe that is the reason SV is unique in the world). But in my world something like AGI+Saudi Arabia is a matter of international politics and multiple governments would involve. AGI will be an important strategic resource in this century, both in economical and political sense. This automatically makes it Cold War 2 kind of material. All these teen drama by some incompetent millennials in the board of a non-profit organization (Communist-like in a Capitalist country?) does not align with the gravity of the material. I believe this was some adult supervision attempt from your government. Or not, but that perspective needs more attention.

[chatmasta]

I could buy this theory, but it's worth noting that if it's true, their coup appears to have failed. So that's score one for the naive tech bros, score zero for the conniving natsec sociopaths.

[kridsdale1]

Maybe not. Microsoft and Summers are now much more in control. That’s a win for the USA and DOD.

[chatmasta]

Yeah fair enough. Any idea how Larry Summers even ended up on this board? He seems like an arbitrary choice with no domain expertise, although granted the board shouldn't be filled with AI experts.