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I cannot figure out why they documented such a thing, it's too amateurish - just do the standard operating procedure and let the military industrial complex fri

I cannot figure out why they documented such a thing, it's too amateurish - just do the standard operating procedure and let the military industrial complex friends and allies of america use the service and keep it under the rug I normally have a very dim view of OpenAI/Altman but in this case I wonder if is something akin to a warrant canary, except for 5th generation warfare? Altman does seem to have a bit of Chomsky in him, so it's not impossible.

ziddoap 3y ago
SOP matches 126 meanings and MIC matches 123 on acronymfinder. For the ignorant (me), what do you mean? I'm guessing SOP is "standard operating procedure" given the military context of this thread, but MIC? No clue. It's really helpful to just spell out the words, at least the first time.
- hipadev23 3y ago
  military-industrial complex
- dontupvoteme 3y ago
  sorry, standard operating procedure and military industrial complex. The topic sometimes puts one into acronym mode :) (re: acronymfinder - funny enough, though 90% of AI is shit this bit falls into the 10% where it's pretty good at explaining acronyms, i use it often enough with MBA types, the depths of its hidden context are the untapped goldmines)
samstave 3y ago
>warrant canary I think you figured out at least one important factor in this - I forgot about warrant canaries until your comment... So thanks for resurrecting that. What we should then ask, is for a OpenAI PUBLIC SECTOR Contract Details Dashboard" <-- Meaning, they should be required to show all the "open" AI they have being built on their systems if they want us to have faith in Safe Responsible Humane Alignments? -- @dylan604: >* Timelines are much more compressed now* The Smart hockey-stick :-) But yeah - and the worse part is not just Corporate competitors, but bad actors, rogue states, triads, ALL the Mafia's/scammers/phishers/ransomers/coin snatchers... They all benefit at an unprecedented EQUAL rate at this point with the broad spectrum, capability, cost-effectiveness and effectively un-regulated, not-yet-aligned/guard-railed AIs here, in dev, and in near term. Its got to be an amazing spot if your a top notch cybercrime person in the A-game right now. That, and White-Hat AI-pentesting, and next level security is behind schedule, it seems. --- Also, I posted this regarding national security status for cloud provider's infra: [0] In the increasingly interconnected global economy, the reliance on Cloud Services raises questions about the national security implications of data centers. As these critical economic infrastructure sites, often strategically located underground, underwater, or in remote-cold locales, play a pivotal role, considerations arise regarding the role of military forces in safeguarding their security. While physical security measures and location obscurity provide some protection, the integration of AI into various aspects of daily life and the pervasive influence of cloud-based technologies on devices, as evident in CES GPT-enabled products, further accentuates the importance of these infrastructure sites. Notably, instances such as the seizure of a college thesis mapping communication lines in the U.S. underscore the sensitivity of disclosing key communications infrastructure. Companies like AWS, running data centers for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC), demonstrate close collaboration between private entities and defense agencies. The question remains: are major cloud service providers actively involved in a national security strategy to protect the private internet infrastructure that underpins the global economy, or does the responsibility solely rest with individual companies? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38975443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38975443
- dontupvoteme 3y ago
  You ask good questions mate - best of luck, i suspect these topics will get less and less traction more and more rapidly. (TBH i also forgot about warrant canaries for a good while. I just threw the question out to myself "what if Altman actually doesn't WANT to be a badguy, what might he have done to signal his Borgification?")
stcredzero 3y ago
just do the standard operating procedure and let the military industrial complex friends and allies of america use the service and keep it under the rug An AI with the capability to be autonomous in any environment, able to plan and execute plans well enough to defeat human opponents, is exactly what the AI doomer POV is rightly afraid of.

ziddoap 3y ago

SOP matches 126 meanings and MIC matches 123 on acronymfinder. For the ignorant (me), what do you mean? I'm guessing SOP is "standard operating procedure" given the military context of this thread, but MIC? No clue. It's really helpful to just spell out the words, at least the first time.

hipadev23 3y ago
military-industrial complex
dontupvoteme 3y ago
sorry, standard operating procedure and military industrial complex. The topic sometimes puts one into acronym mode :) (re: acronymfinder - funny enough, though 90% of AI is shit this bit falls into the 10% where it's pretty good at explaining acronyms, i use it often enough with MBA types, the depths of its hidden context are the untapped goldmines)

samstave 3y ago

>warrant canary I think you figured out at least one important factor in this - I forgot about warrant canaries until your comment... So thanks for resurrecting that. What we should then ask, is for a OpenAI PUBLIC SECTOR Contract Details Dashboard" <-- Meaning, they should be required to show all the "open" AI they have being built on their systems if they want us to have faith in Safe Responsible Humane Alignments? -- @dylan604: >* Timelines are much more compressed now* The Smart hockey-stick :-) But yeah - and the worse part is not just Corporate competitors, but bad actors, rogue states, triads, ALL the Mafia's/scammers/phishers/ransomers/coin snatchers... They all benefit at an unprecedented EQUAL rate at this point with the broad spectrum, capability, cost-effectiveness and effectively un-regulated, not-yet-aligned/guard-railed AIs here, in dev, and in near term. Its got to be an amazing spot if your a top notch cybercrime person in the A-game right now. That, and White-Hat AI-pentesting, and next level security is behind schedule, it seems. --- Also, I posted this regarding national security status for cloud provider's infra: [0] In the increasingly interconnected global economy, the reliance on Cloud Services raises questions about the national security implications of data centers. As these critical economic infrastructure sites, often strategically located underground, underwater, or in remote-cold locales, play a pivotal role, considerations arise regarding the role of military forces in safeguarding their security. While physical security measures and location obscurity provide some protection, the integration of AI into various aspects of daily life and the pervasive influence of cloud-based technologies on devices, as evident in CES GPT-enabled products, further accentuates the importance of these infrastructure sites. Notably, instances such as the seizure of a college thesis mapping communication lines in the U.S. underscore the sensitivity of disclosing key communications infrastructure. Companies like AWS, running data centers for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC), demonstrate close collaboration between private entities and defense agencies. The question remains: are major cloud service providers actively involved in a national security strategy to protect the private internet infrastructure that underpins the global economy, or does the responsibility solely rest with individual companies? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38975443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38975443

dontupvoteme 3y ago
You ask good questions mate - best of luck, i suspect these topics will get less and less traction more and more rapidly. (TBH i also forgot about warrant canaries for a good while. I just threw the question out to myself "what if Altman actually doesn't WANT to be a badguy, what might he have done to signal his Borgification?")

stcredzero 3y ago

just do the standard operating procedure and let the military industrial complex friends and allies of america use the service and keep it under the rug An AI with the capability to be autonomous in any environment, able to plan and execute plans well enough to defeat human opponents, is exactly what the AI doomer POV is rightly afraid of.