At a moment when artificial intelligence has grown powerful enough to reshape civilization, OpenAI has drawn one of its most serious critics into its inner circle of governance. The appointment of Paul Christiano — a researcher who has warned that unchecked AI could cost most of humanity its life — to the company's Foundation Board reflects a broader reckoning with the question of who should hold power over transformative technology. Whether this signals genuine institutional change or a carefully managed gesture of reassurance, it places the language of existential risk at the very table wher