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Emmett Shear on Twitter: I am deeply pleased by this result, after ~72 very intense hours of work. Coming into OpenAI, I wasn’t sure what the right path would

Emmett Shear on Twitter: I am deeply pleased by this result, after ~72 very intense hours of work. Coming into OpenAI, I wasn’t sure what the right path would be. This was the pathway that maximized safety alongside doing right by all stakeholders involved. I’m glad to have been a part of the solution. https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1727210329560756598 https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1727210329560756598

upupupandaway 3y ago
He’s trying very very hard to claim some credit in this. Probably had none.
- flappyeagle 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 He was instrumental; threatened resignation unless the old board could provide evidence of wrongdoing
  - halfmatthalfcat 3y ago
    ...this doesn't seem instrumental?
    - CRConrad 3y ago
      Good thing you had a question mark there. Because the answer is: Yes, it seems utterly instrumental.
    - flappyeagle 3y ago
      cool. it was
- framapotari 3y ago
  Are you basing that on any information?
reustle 3y ago
I'm probably reading too much into it, but interesting that he specifically called out maximizing safety.
- xigency 3y ago
  Sam does believe in safety. He also knows that there is a first-mover advantage when it comes to setting societal expectations and that you can’t build safe AI by not building AI.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  "Safety" has been the pretext for Altman's lobbying for regulatory barriers to new entrants in the field, protecting incumbents. OpenAI's nonprofit charter is the perfect PR pretext for what amounts to industry lobbying to protect a narrow set of early leaders and obstruct any other competition, and Altman was the man executing that mission, which is why OpenAI led by Sam was a valuable asset for Microsoft to preserve.
- jq-r 3y ago
  That’s just a buzzword of the week devoid of any real meaning. If he would have written this years ago, it would’ve been “leveraging synergies”.
  - astrange 3y ago
    Shear is a genuine member of the AI safety rationalism cult, to the point he's an Aella reply guy and probably goes to her orgies. (It's a Berkeley cult so of course it's got those.)
cheeze 3y ago
I wonder what he gets out of this. Ceo for a few days? Do they pay him for 3 days of work? Presumably you'd want some minimum signing bonus in your contract as a Ceo?
- behnamoh 3y ago
  he’ll put CEO of OAI on his resume
  - rospaya 3y ago
    I wouldn't. Everybody knows it's three days, not much to brag about.
    - HaZeust 3y ago
      More than I'll probably ever have to brag about during my tenure in the workforce, lol
- diogenescynic 3y ago
  He 100% had a golden parachute in case this scenario came up and will be paid out. Executives have lawyers to make sure of this.
- bkyan 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 The reputation boost is probably worth a lot more than the direct financial compensation he's getting.

upupupandaway 3y ago

He’s trying very very hard to claim some credit in this. Probably had none.

flappyeagle 3y ago
https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 He was instrumental; threatened resignation unless the old board could provide evidence of wrongdoing
- halfmatthalfcat 3y ago
  ...this doesn't seem instrumental?
  - CRConrad 3y ago
    Good thing you had a question mark there. Because the answer is: Yes, it seems utterly instrumental.
  - flappyeagle 3y ago
    cool. it was
framapotari 3y ago
Are you basing that on any information?

reustle 3y ago

I'm probably reading too much into it, but interesting that he specifically called out maximizing safety.

xigency 3y ago
Sam does believe in safety. He also knows that there is a first-mover advantage when it comes to setting societal expectations and that you can’t build safe AI by not building AI.
dragonwriter 3y ago
"Safety" has been the pretext for Altman's lobbying for regulatory barriers to new entrants in the field, protecting incumbents. OpenAI's nonprofit charter is the perfect PR pretext for what amounts to industry lobbying to protect a narrow set of early leaders and obstruct any other competition, and Altman was the man executing that mission, which is why OpenAI led by Sam was a valuable asset for Microsoft to preserve.
jq-r 3y ago
That’s just a buzzword of the week devoid of any real meaning. If he would have written this years ago, it would’ve been “leveraging synergies”.
- astrange 3y ago
  Shear is a genuine member of the AI safety rationalism cult, to the point he's an Aella reply guy and probably goes to her orgies. (It's a Berkeley cult so of course it's got those.)

cheeze 3y ago

I wonder what he gets out of this. Ceo for a few days? Do they pay him for 3 days of work? Presumably you'd want some minimum signing bonus in your contract as a Ceo?

behnamoh 3y ago
he’ll put CEO of OAI on his resume
- rospaya 3y ago
  I wouldn't. Everybody knows it's three days, not much to brag about.
  - HaZeust 3y ago
    More than I'll probably ever have to brag about during my tenure in the workforce, lol
diogenescynic 3y ago
He 100% had a golden parachute in case this scenario came up and will be paid out. Executives have lawyers to make sure of this.
bkyan 3y ago
https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 https://twitter.com/emilychangtv/status/1727228431396704557 The reputation boost is probably worth a lot more than the direct financial compensation he's getting.