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They've already swooped in. I mean the conspiracy argument would be that the $10B isn't a normal investment. It's a special government project investment facil
by ftxbro 4y ago
They've already swooped in.
I mean the conspiracy argument would be that the $10B isn't a normal investment. It's a special government project investment facilitated by OpenAI board member and former clandestine CIA operative and cybersecurity executive Will Hurd through his role on the board of trustees of In-Q-Tel the investment arm of the CIA. It's funneled through Microsoft instead of through Google in part because of Google's No-Military-AI pledge in 2018 demanded by its employees, after which Microsoft took over its military contracts including project Maven. The new special government project, the Sydney project, is the most urgent and ambitious since the project to develop nuclear weapons in the mid twentieth century.
Of course I don't necessarily believe any of that but it can be fun to think about.
- xenospn 4y agoWho has time to come with this stuff?!
- poopypoopington 4y agoChatGPT
- seattle_spring 4y agoMost of it seems to come from /r/conspiracy, which unsurprisingly has a lot of overlap with another subreddit that starts with /r/cons*
- the_doctah 4y agoI'd love to go through all the things Liberals labeled a conspiracy in the last 5 years that actually became true, but I don't have that kind of time today
- slickdork 4y agoI'd settle for three examples with sources.
- pjohri 4y agoWell at least one: in the year 2000, I used to work for Verizon and a picture from one of the local networks hubs was circulated showing a bunch of thick cables tapping into the network and alleging that the government was listening to all calls Americans made. People made a lot of fun of that photo until Snowden brought the details to light.
- nirushiv 4y agoPlease stop spreading FUD and unsubstantiated rumours all over this thread
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- kneel 4y agoIt would be irresponsible for intelligence agencies NOT to involve themselves in AI. LLMs have the capabilities to catalyze economic shockwaves on the same magnitude of the internet itself. Notice how OpenAI is open to many Western friendly countries but not certain competitive challengers? https://platform.openai.com/docs/supported-countries https://platform.openai.com/docs/supported-countries
- FormerBandmate 4y agoOut of the BRICS, Brazil, India, and South Africa are there. Russia and China aren’t, but that’s not really an issue of “competitive challengers” so much as dictatorships who are invading or threatening to invade democracies
- ChatGTP 4y agoRealise that America has invaded plenty of countries, overthrown leaders, been a huge driver of claimed change and oil industries, basically done whatever it wants and continues to do so, pretty much based on being able to print as much money,as it likes and if you don’t like that, you’ll face the full force of the military industrial complex. Look at Snowden and Assange. They tried to show us what’s behind the curtain and their lives were wrecked. The rhetoric on here about Russia and China = ”bad guys”, no questions asked is overly simplistic. Putin is clearly in the wrong here. But what creates a person like that? I believe we are somewhat responsible for it. People cite possible atrocities of Xinjiang, but what about Iraq and Siria, North Korea, Vietnam whole entire countries destroyed. Incredible loss of life. American attitudes are a huge source of division in the world. Yes so are China and Russias. We cannot only see one side of a story anymore, it’s just too dangerous. As we have more powerful weapons and we do, we have to, absolutely have to learn to understand each other and work through diplomacy with a more open mind and peaceful outcomes which are beneficial for all. No I’m not advocating for dictators, but you cannot pretend that Americans invasions have been always positive or for good intention, or that American interests are always aligned with the rest of the worlds. The arms races need to stop. Very quickly.
- koboll 4y agoWait holy shit this is at least partially true though? https://openai.com/blog/will-hurd-joins https://openai.com/blog/will-hurd-joins
- sebzim4500 4y agoIs it not enormously more likely that Microsoft decided to invest a small amount (to them) in a technology which is clearly core to their future business plans?
- HarHarVeryFunny 4y agoLet's also note that it is an investment with an expected return (capped at 7x), and gives Microsoft an ownership stake in OpenAI. It's not like MSFT is just throwing money away! Seems a very savvy move by Nadella, and a great partnership for OpenAI too - really a win-win.