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> In reality, we can and should be outraged when corporations betray their own statements and supposed values. There are only three groups of people who could
by khazhoux 3y ago
> In reality, we can and should be outraged when corporations betray their own statements and supposed values.
There are only three groups of people who could be subject to betrayal here: employees, investors, and customers. Clearly they did not betray employees or investors, since they largely sided with Sam. As for customers, that's harder to gauge -- did people sign up for ChatGPT with the explicit expectation that the research would be "open"?
The founding charter said one thing, but the majority of the company and investors went in a different direction. That's not a betrayal, but a pivot.
- Angostura 3y agoI think there’s an additional group to consider- society at large. To an extent the promise of the non- profit was that they would be safe, expert custodians of AI development driven not primarily by the profit motive, but also by safety and societal considerations. Has this larger group been ‘betrayed’? Perhaps
- biscottigelato 3y agoAlso donors. They received a ton of donations when they were a pure non-profit from people that got no board seat, no equities, with the believe that they will stick to their mission.
- Wytwwww 3y agoNot unless we believe that OpenAI is somehow "special" and unique and the only company that is capable of building AGI(or whatever).
- master-lincoln 3y ago> Clearly they did not betray employees or investors, since they largely sided with Sam Just because they sided with Altman doesn't necessarily mean they are aligned. There could be a lack of information on the employee/investor side.
- denton-scratch 3y ago> There are only three groups of people who could be subject to betrayal here GP didn't speak of betraying people; he spoke of betraying their own statements. That just means doing what you said you wouldn't; it doesn't mean anyone was stabbed in the back.