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I find it interesting that apparently a majority of OpenAI employees say they will quit. If I were in that position, I would decide first which is more importan
by mark_l_watson 3y ago
I find it interesting that apparently a majority of OpenAI employees say they will quit. If I were in that position, I would decide first which is more important to me: AI safety and alignment or fast commercialization. I might also factor in who has the best chance of rolling out a GPT-5 equivalent first, and probably want to work there. Also, I wonder what the distribution is over more senior vs. less senior people wanting to leave. OpenAI has a lot of customers and whoever stays behind would have the most impact supporting those customers as well as working more on the AI alignment side of the fence.
I am also surprised by the show of loyalty, but maybe that comment just reflects poorly on me. I had 6 visits from ex-coworkers (from the last 45 years of working) to my out of the way home in the mountains last year and I highly valued my coworkers, yet, I always made where to work decisions based on what I thought my own best interest was.