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Or they received a classified briefing showing how far ahead China or other adversaries are in terms of AI for military use and felt obligated to not let the US
by throwaway920102 3y ago
Or they received a classified briefing showing how far ahead China or other adversaries are in terms of AI for military use and felt obligated to not let the US fall further behind.
- d--b 3y agoWMDs anyone?
- runlaszlorun 3y agoWeapons of Math Destruction?
- ta988 3y agoA good book I recommend to read
- ibrahimsow1 3y ago+1
- BramLovesYams 3y agoI read this in Mike Tyson's voice.
- Sl1mb0 3y agoWhy is this being downvoted? This is totally possible, though I'm not saying it happened. Is it because it's speculative?
- janalsncm 3y agoHard to say why it was downvoted but I can say it’s a highly unlikely scenario. You typically need a security clearance to view classified info. Further, many employees at OpenAI may not even be US citizens, and even if they are, many others aren’t super enthusiastic about giving the Pentagon new toys to use.
- maxglute 3y agoOpenAI had/has 57 Chinese talent [1], they're probably getting the boot if OpenAI picks up Pentagon contracts. https://macropolo2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/gpt_fig2_new-768x445.png https://macropolo2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
- lumost 3y agoFor dual-use tech, its relatively common to have a small "government" division alongside the much larger commercial division. If the only difference for government is fine tuning data/DoD servers - it shouldn't cost OpenAI much to support.
- maxglute 3y agoPeople are escalating AI to strategic/end of world tier of dual use tech. Questionable if it will be treated the same way. OpenAI is not lockheed, but question is how much they value Pentagon contracts or really gov connections especially with all the regulation talk.
- lumost 3y agoThere will certainly be DARPA and other grants to test if dedicated defense suppliers make sense. In some areas, the funding model may be easier as a pure defense initiative where the DoD could shell out 50-100 Billion for cross-service AI functionality. In theory there is no reason why an individual soldier shouldn't be able to order an air strike, or be informed about inbound strikes on their position and how to react to those. Today, this is not possible due to the complex decisioning process for whether a target is worth a strike by X munition vs. Y munition and when. AI could simplify this process. On the other hand, well funded open source and commercial companies may deliver faster and with higher quality. The DoD doesn't use bespoke databases, and microchips for a reason (except when they do).
- hackernewds 3y agohow did you even acquire this graph?
- blitzar 3y agoPerhaps they were put on a bus, taken to Graceland and met the actual Elvis who is still alive and well sitting around jamming with JFK.
- tjpnz 3y agoLast I heard the Chinese had found a way of fueling their rockets with tap water. We're screwed regardless of their AI prowess.
- o0-0o 3y agoI just spit sparkling water through my nose and it’s like 3am and IM in bed.