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Re: AI docs

Sam Altman to Elon Musk, November 20, 2015

Altman proposes Musk, Altman and Ilya Sutskever as the board of "YC AI", a Delaware nonprofit, with bylaws requiring board consent to release technology that could compromise humanity's safety.

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Sam Altman
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Friday, November 20, 2015 10:48AM
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Elon Musk
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Re: AI docs
Elon– Plan is to have you, me, and Ilya on the Board of Directors for YC AI, which will be a Delaware non-profit. We will also state that we plan to elect two other outsiders by majority vote of the Board. We will write into the bylaws that any technology that potentially compromises the safety of humanity has to get consent of the Board to be released, and we will reference this in the researchers’ employment contracts. At a high level, does that work for you? I’m cc’ing our GC [redacted] here–is there someone in your office he can work with on the details? Sam
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  1. Nov 20, 2015 Sam Altman Elon– Plan is to have you, me, and Ilya on the Board of Directors for YC AI, which will be a Delaware…
  2. Nov 20, 2015 Elon Musk I think this should be independent from (but supported by) YC, not what sounds like a subsidiary. Also, the…