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• @quisitiveinvest @quisitiveinvest on x

  “Larry Summers to join OpenAI board” How the blazes does this guy keep popping up in random situations? [image]

• @heydave7 Dave Lee on x

  How in the world did Larry Summers end up on the new OpenAI board? I was initially confused when I heard the news. But this ChatGPT reply gives some more context: Larry Summers, a renowned economist and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, has shared insights on artificial...

• @thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x

  The second Sam was fired from OpenAI, if you didn't immediately predict that Larry Summers would end up on the board somehow, then you don't understand America. (I didn't predict it. Still have more to learn about this country.)

• @stuartbuck1 Stuart Buck on x

  Given what apparently triggered a key dispute on the OpenAI board, it's interesting to recall that none other than Larry Summers once told Elizabeth Warren about a key distinction: Insider power vs. outsider power. From her memoir: [image]

• @twitscotty Scott Cameron on x

  OpenAI entering its Larry Summers era [image]

• @hellachans @hellachans on x

  I admit I was naive enough to think Larry Summers wouldn't be involved in this despite somehow being involved in every other insanely specific niche of the economy and frankly that's on me

• @neocentrist Sandro Sharashenidze on x

  >Larry Summers 33% chance AGI kills us 33% chance AGI is aligned 33% chance we don't build AGI

• @amasad Amjad Masad on x

  just make sure to always include “artificial” when asking larry summers his views on intelligence

• @effmkthype @effmkthype on x

  If I wasn't concerned about safety before, I am now with Larry Summers on the board

• @freialobo @freialobo on x

  putting Larry Summers on the board puts the potential OpenAI movie in the same cinematic universe as The Social Network

• @ddayen David Dayen on x

  I definitely want Larry Summers involved in technology where care must be taken about its impact on humanity

• @tszzl Roon on x

  larry summers e/acc

• @tszzl Roon on x

  i fucking love larry summers

• @economeager @economeager on x

  I felt a great disturbance in the force... as if thousands of voices suddenly called out “Larry summers???” at once .... and were suddenly silenced

• @visakanv Visakan Veerasamy on x

  larry summers like a WWE superstar from a previous era showing up unexpectedly with a steel chair [image]

• @mattparlmer @mattparlmer on x

  If Larry Summers is gonna be on that board we need a lot more people on the board for the good of the project