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That might be why Sam Altman signed it but why do you think that all the academics did so as well. Do you think he just bribed them all or something?
by Symmetry 3y ago
That might be why Sam Altman signed it but why do you think that all the academics did so as well. Do you think he just bribed them all or something?
- vadansky 3y agoNot saying they were, but it's not that expensive, looks like it starts at $50,000 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074...
- aero-deck 3y agoI think academics are much, much more naive than we like to think. The same trick that pharma played on doctors is being played here. Just because you can do fancy math doesn't mean you understand how to play the game.
- MitPitt 3y agoDecades of research in every field being sponsored by corporations haven't made academics' interests clear for you yet?
- clnq 3y agoThere will always be enough academics to sign anything even marginally notorious.
- stale2002 3y agoAI Academics have significant motivation as well to attempt to stop this new field of research. That motivation being that all their current research fiefdoms are now outdated/worthless.