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> You completely destroy a 90b company because of these two reasons? Hanlon's razor aside, maybe that was the intention.
by gizmondo 3y ago
> You completely destroy a 90b company because of these two reasons?
Hanlon's razor aside, maybe that was the intention.
- lolinder 3y agoThe most chilling line in the open letter is this one, which I haven't heard anyone talking about: > You also informed the leadership team that allowing the company to be destroyed “would be consistent with the mission.”
- Davidzheng 3y agoThis could be a genuine stance for them if they are really in the AI danger camp. Not supporting the stance; but i think it's not a self contradictory position
- lolinder 3y agoOh, definitely not self-contradictory! In retrospect it's a mistaken position, because it's pretty obvious now that if OpenAI disintegrates it will be as an exodus to Microsoft, which will undoubtedly be a worse steward, but I think it's an ethically consistent position to hold, in a naive sort of way. That's part of why I believe they actually said something like this.
- aeonik 3y agoDepending on the circumstances this statement can be perfectly logical. But as far as I can tell, circumstances are still scant.
- voisin 3y agoReminds me of the final season of Silicon Valley. Is this Pied Piper at Tres Comma Fest?
- satvikpendem 3y agoSeems to me more analogous to the final episode of the final season, where they must publicly destroy what they built.
- voisin 3y agolol yes, I just refreshed the timeline which was skewed in my memory.
- jtriangle 3y agoYes, except what they think they've built is far far less capable than what they've actually built. This is a ten year old who set off their first fire cracker turning to their parents's iphone and saying 'I have become death, destroyer of worlds', because they don't really understand how any of this works but they've somehow ended up in control of it and are now terrified of doing their jobs.
- paulddraper 3y agoLife imitates art.