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> I'm much more interested in how Helen managed to get on this board at all.

My gut says that she is the central figure in how this all went down. She and D'Angelo are the central figures, if my gut is right.

It looks like Helen Toner was OK with destroying the company to make a point.

FTA:

> Ms. Toner disagreed. The board’s mission is to ensure that the company creates artificial intelligence that “benefits all of humanity,” and if the company was destroyed, she said, that could be consistent with its mission



That seems reasonable? The charter of the company could reasonably be furthered even if that means the end of the organization. If at some point the existence of the organization becomes antithetical to the charter, the board members have a responsibility to destroy it.


But they didn't destroy it. And they handed the keys of the kingdom to Microsoft.

So as a break-the-glass move it was about as ineffective as throwing a can of gasoline on a fire.


Replying to my own comment since I can't edit it anymore, but:

It looks like Helen Toner is out of the board.




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