The OpenAI board member who fired Sam Altman says we still can't trust AI CEOs

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My guest today is Helen Toner, the executive director of CSET. This episode is part two of our series on AI in real life. Helen is a well-known figure in the AI safety and policy community, though she is perhaps best known for having served on the board of OpenAI, where was one of four board members who voted to fire Sam Altman. Since then, AI safety has entered the mainstream, as industry leaders have made increasingly dire predictions about what might happen if we don’t proceed more carefully or even slow down. Helen has seen up close what happens when safety commitments run headlong into commercial incentives. As she put it to me, if our hopes for the future depend on any one person being…