OpenAI does not have an advisory board. She is on the board of directors and has fiduciary responsibilities. It does not matter that the parent organization is a non-profit. The duty remains.
Yes, those responsibilities are to advance the charter of the organization, which notably is totally compatible with publishing articles that contain mild criticism of the organization's behavior.
The board’s fiduciary duties are to the charter of the nonprofit. They have no duty to protect the for-profit-OpenAI’s profits, reputation, or anything else.
This has been argued here already and dissected thoroughly.
It's basically restating 'her role is to cheerlead' but with more sophisticated wording.
You haven't made an argument, you've just used longer words to restate your (incorrect) opinion.
Also I never said they had an 'advisory' board. Board members ar either executive or non-executive members. If they're nonexec then their role is to advise the executive members. They're generally fairly independent and many nonexecutive board members serve on the boards of multiple companies, sometimes including ones that are nominally in competition with each other.
No, I never said that her role is to "cheerlead". Refraining from public disparaging remarks is not a big ask for a board member. Especially if those thoughts were not first brought before the board, which is where such disputes should be resolved.
> Also I never said they had an 'advisory' board
From your comment: "...it's absolutely the role of advisory board members to continue their work".
Not sure how someone is meant to parse that except for you to imply that she was a member of an advisory board.
Someone is meant to use context and understand that when the context clearly refers to someone who is well known to be a member of the board of directors, 'advisory board member' means that they are a board member in an advisory role, aka a nonexec.
That assumes that someone is familiar with the structure and makeup of boards of directors. It's a bit rude to participate in a conversation if you're not familiar with the subject matter and the meaning of words-in-context as you just waste peoples time making them elaborate.
> 'advisory board member' means that they are a board member in an advisory role, aka a nonexec
No, those are not synonyms. Advisory boards are distinct from the board of directors. Advisory board members have roles similar to what you alluded to in your original comment and do not have fiduciary duties, hence my confusion.
Non-exec board members are not involved with day-to-day business operations but their fiduciary duties are no different than exec members.
Language has meaning. Don't insult others for your own clumsy usage.
