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Read this: https://openai.com/charter/ https://openai.com/charter/ Then read this: https://openai.com/blog/openai-licenses-gpt-3-technology-to-microsoft/ https

Read this: https://openai.com/charter/ https://openai.com/charter/ Then read this: https://openai.com/blog/openai-licenses-gpt-3-technology-to-microsoft/ https://openai.com/blog/openai-licenses-gpt-3-technology-to-... (the very first dot point) Dear OpenAI, please provide more details of the arrangement with Microsoft. The lack of transparency here shows a clear departure from your charter.

amelius 6y ago
Can someone who has done work for OpenAI sue them for not sticking with their charter?
jonathathan 6y ago
The charter only constrains their use of AGI, which they define at the top in a way that excludes all of their current and near-future work.
- mkolodny 6y ago
  "We commit to use any influence we obtain over AGI’s deployment to ensure it is used for the benefit of all, and to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power." That sounds to me like they committed to avoid using any AI to concentrate power.
  - still_grokking 6y ago
    But it is written: "unduly" concentrate. The whole sentence is just yada-yada anyway. All "commitments" are constrained by some undefined or impossible exception. Defining "unduly" would be even considerably easy compared to finding a definition for what could be meant by "harm humanity" or be "for the benefit of all". The last constrain is nonsense in itself actually, or does "all" except Microsoft who would not benefit if they wouldn't got an exclusive contract? Not to mention all the people who will lose their jobs as those jobs will be replaced by AI eventually… They didn't say "all equally" which would make at least some little bit sense.
cscurmudgeon 6y ago
This is a very vexing situation. I applied for access months ago. I am a scientist and academic with dozens of articles on topics related to GPT (and especially survey articles and a few articles reasonably critical of some NLP/ML/DL frameworks). I am not sure I can reveal more without doxing myself. I haven't heard anything from them yet. They are free to not release GPT-3 but not free to mislead the open community with this open and holier-than-thou nonsense.

amelius 6y ago

Can someone who has done work for OpenAI sue them for not sticking with their charter?

jonathathan 6y ago

The charter only constrains their use of AGI, which they define at the top in a way that excludes all of their current and near-future work.

mkolodny 6y ago
"We commit to use any influence we obtain over AGI’s deployment to ensure it is used for the benefit of all, and to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power." That sounds to me like they committed to avoid using any AI to concentrate power.
- still_grokking 6y ago
  But it is written: "unduly" concentrate. The whole sentence is just yada-yada anyway. All "commitments" are constrained by some undefined or impossible exception. Defining "unduly" would be even considerably easy compared to finding a definition for what could be meant by "harm humanity" or be "for the benefit of all". The last constrain is nonsense in itself actually, or does "all" except Microsoft who would not benefit if they wouldn't got an exclusive contract? Not to mention all the people who will lose their jobs as those jobs will be replaced by AI eventually… They didn't say "all equally" which would make at least some little bit sense.

cscurmudgeon 6y ago

This is a very vexing situation. I applied for access months ago. I am a scientist and academic with dozens of articles on topics related to GPT (and especially survey articles and a few articles reasonably critical of some NLP/ML/DL frameworks). I am not sure I can reveal more without doxing myself. I haven't heard anything from them yet. They are free to not release GPT-3 but not free to mislead the open community with this open and holier-than-thou nonsense.