SITUATION EXPLAINED: OpenAI's newest board member says we could lose control of AI in the very near term. • Paul Christiano joins the Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, plus a non-voting seat on the for-profit board • He led alignment research at OpenAI from 2017 to 2021 and co-created RLHF, then founded the Alignment Research Center • From his statement: "Based on the recent trajectory of capabilities and the continued difficulty of alignment, I now believe there is a…