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>Obviously it wasn’t the right thing, as he’s back. The dude essentially threatened to destroy the company if he didn't get his way. Might does not make right

>Obviously it wasn’t the right thing, as he’s back. The dude essentially threatened to destroy the company if he didn't get his way. Might does not make right. Sam turned out to have more leverage here; that doesn't make him a good person. >You don’t fire someone so important for that and extrapolate it into equating human extinction. On the other hand, would you really want a company developing existentially dangerous technology to be lead by someone who's known as a slippery operator? My hunch is that part of the board's motivation was a feeling that they should have unusually high standards for the CEO of OpenAI.

m3kw9 3y ago
You are assuming Altman is out to destroy humanity, he values his life and others just as much as you do, if not more. He has as much to lose as anybody if he blows himself up. Also who is to say deceleration in the age of AI isn’t worse than acceleration? Every govt entity is developing it, and it could be a national sec issue to speed it up faster than an adversary
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
  >In AI, like in any field, most of the people who hold power are people who have been very good at winning a bunch of races. It's hard for these people to not want to race and they privately think they should win the race. >... >Pretty much everyone who works on AI thinks that they're 'one of the good people'. Statistically, this is unlikely to be the case. >... >Proactively giving up power is one of the hardest things for people to do. Giving up power and money is even harder. AI orgs are rapidly gathering power and money and it's not clear they have right incentives to willfully shed their own power. This sets us up for racing. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1555980412333133824 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1555980412333133824 >Also who is to say deceleration in the age of AI isn’t worse than acceleration? Every govt entity is developing it, and it could be a national sec issue to speed it up faster than an adversary See e.g. https://pauseai.info/faq#if-we-pause-how-about-china https://pauseai.info/faq#if-we-pause-how-about-china Silicon Valley seems to have a fairly strong monopoly on AI talent.

m3kw9 3y ago

You are assuming Altman is out to destroy humanity, he values his life and others just as much as you do, if not more. He has as much to lose as anybody if he blows himself up. Also who is to say deceleration in the age of AI isn’t worse than acceleration? Every govt entity is developing it, and it could be a national sec issue to speed it up faster than an adversary

0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
>In AI, like in any field, most of the people who hold power are people who have been very good at winning a bunch of races. It's hard for these people to not want to race and they privately think they should win the race. >... >Pretty much everyone who works on AI thinks that they're 'one of the good people'. Statistically, this is unlikely to be the case. >... >Proactively giving up power is one of the hardest things for people to do. Giving up power and money is even harder. AI orgs are rapidly gathering power and money and it's not clear they have right incentives to willfully shed their own power. This sets us up for racing. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1555980412333133824 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1555980412333133824 >Also who is to say deceleration in the age of AI isn’t worse than acceleration? Every govt entity is developing it, and it could be a national sec issue to speed it up faster than an adversary See e.g. https://pauseai.info/faq#if-we-pause-how-about-china https://pauseai.info/faq#if-we-pause-how-about-china Silicon Valley seems to have a fairly strong monopoly on AI talent.