If the future of AI hinges on trust in one CEO, that's trouble... Helen Toner
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Helen Toner, executive director of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology and one of four board members who voted to oust Sam Altman as OpenAI CEO in 2023, warned that AI safety should not rest on trust in a single chief executive. Speaking on The Verge’s “Decoder” podcast, Toner said society is “in big trouble” if its hopes for the future depend on whether one person can be trusted. She argued that executives’ safety promises must be paired with oversight structures capable of checking them. Her comments carry weight given her role in the 2023 OpenAI board crisis, which briefly removed Altman before he was reinstated days later. The remarks add to the debate over how AI labs should be governed as their systems grow more capable.
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