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Slightly off-topic, but it's absolutely shocking to me how quickly OpenAI has managed to do a meteoric PR nosedive. I think within 6 months they've gone from on
by zug_zug 3y ago
Slightly off-topic, but it's absolutely shocking to me how quickly OpenAI has managed to do a meteoric PR nosedive. I think within 6 months they've gone from one of the most exciting (yet controversial) non-profits in the world to mistrusted company that it seems most people are rooting against.
- gumballindie 3y agoA reflection of its CEO: experience creating FUD and FOMO, doesn't create much else, dubious ethics.
- corethree 3y agoSam Altman. There was an attempted fix and that fix failed. Evil prevailed because of public misunderstanding and mob mentality. Be real, who else would permit this? Paul Graham fired him from ycombinator. I'm pretty sure if the public didn't support Sam he wouldn't have been reinstated.
- Jackson__ 3y agoI think they failed due to not having the courage to admit why they removed Altman. Their messaging was extremely weak and uncertain, a complete failure to communicate anything of value, until everyone was rallying against them.
- corethree 3y agoSam Altman was more charismatic and his charisma overshadowed their messaging. That's the type of person who becomes leader.. Not people who make good decisions but people who are charismatic. There is no clear marker that a evil person is evil until the crime is committed, but you can know someone is not a good person simply by knowing them and talking to that person. It's clear they knew what kind of person Sam Altman was but they had no clear marker because there is no crime, yet. Sam was fired from ycombinator by Paul Graham. That should be enough evidence something is not right with his character, but his firing was kept private and not publicly advertised out of respect.
- ericmay 3y agoI personally welcome cooperation with the Pentagon for OpenAI and other American companies. The disdain that seems to infest so many when it comes to working with our national defense organizations is both annoying and bewilderingly naive and that's even when we take into consideration all of the bad things that happen. Strengthening partnerships with our government certainly doesn't make me mistrust OpenAI.
- HHC-Hunter 3y agoThey have aligned themselves with he people you should exactly NOT trust. Corporations and governments.
- scottLobster 3y agoSo... pretty much everyone who matters in our current system.
- uoaei 3y agoYour moral value system is on full display... "might makes right".
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- amrocha 3y agoSay that again when they use AI to spy on you even more than they already do
- scottLobster 3y agoThat's a political problem, and requires a political solution.
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- Tempest1981 3y agoHas OpenAI done any PR/outreach explaining the recent changes? It'll be much harder (or impossible) to undo the mistrust after the fact.
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- hombre_fatal 3y agoOutside of the few people who still write 'heh, "Open"AI amirite guys? XD' I doubt most people even in tech have much of an opinion about OpenAI in either direction beyond the fact that they make ChatGPT and ChatGPT is awesome. Even the Sam Altman drama is confusing and it's not obvious what to think of it.