Put another way: Anthropic is talking like the Trust is great corporate governance and will help Anthropic predictably act responsibly. I tentatively believe that — in part because I mostly trust Anthropic; maybe in part because I expect some Trustees wouldn’t have joined if they thought the Trust was a sham. But the information I know—basically just that the Trust will be able to elect a majority of the board in a few years, and it’s not clear what could cause the Trust to lose its powers—only weakly demonstrates that the Trust is great.
The role of the Trust is to elect (and potentially replace) board members; its formal power comes entirely from the fact that it will eventually elect a majority of the board seats.
The post mentions a “failsafe” where a supermajority of investors can amend this arrangement, which I think is a reasonable compromise. But I’m not aware of any public information about what that supermajority is, or whether there are other ways the Trust’s formal powers could be reduced.
Dylan Matthews reports the members of the board here: Dario, Daniela, Luke Meulhauser, and Yasmin Razavi. (I think it’s also listed plenty of other places.)
Put another way: Anthropic is talking like the Trust is great corporate governance and will help Anthropic predictably act responsibly. I tentatively believe that — in part because I mostly trust Anthropic; maybe in part because I expect some Trustees wouldn’t have joined if they thought the Trust was a sham. But the information I know—basically just that the Trust will be able to elect a majority of the board in a few years, and it’s not clear what could cause the Trust to lose its powers—only weakly demonstrates that the Trust is great.
The role of the Trust is to elect (and potentially replace) board members; its formal power comes entirely from the fact that it will eventually elect a majority of the board seats.
The post mentions a “failsafe” where a supermajority of investors can amend this arrangement, which I think is a reasonable compromise. But I’m not aware of any public information about what that supermajority is, or whether there are other ways the Trust’s formal powers could be reduced.
Dylan Matthews reports the members of the board here: Dario, Daniela, Luke Meulhauser, and Yasmin Razavi. (I think it’s also listed plenty of other places.)