person
Lawrence Summers
Harvard economist; former US Treasury Secretary; OpenAI board member
Harvard economist and former Treasury Secretary who joined the OpenAI board after the November 2023 governance crisis. Long-time mainstream economic policy figure.
current Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University; Board Member, OpenAI
Strategy positions
Techno-optimismmixedtentative
Technology and markets solve risks faster than regulation creates themMainstream economist on the OpenAI board. Public voice for measured macro-economic framings of AI. Quote below is on macroeconomic effect, not on a strategic optimism vs caution stance.
AI is going to have macroeconomic effects on the order of magnitude of the industrial revolution. We are not yet adapting policy to that.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.