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It seems concerning that he would be in charge of determining AI policy when he was a high-level OpenAI employee for 4 years and presumably has a huge financial
by burkaman 3y ago
It seems concerning that he would be in charge of determining AI policy when he was a high-level OpenAI employee for 4 years and presumably has a huge financial interest in their success (https://www.levels.fyi/blog/openai-compensation.html https://www.levels.fyi/blog/openai-compensation.html).
- mitthrowaway2 3y agoMaybe; hopefully he can sell whatever stake he has in OpenAI to avoid conflict-of-interest concerns. Personally I can hardly think of any better person for the role.
- burkaman 3y agoThat would be great, but I don't think federal appointees are ever forced or even asked to divest anything. At most he'd just have to disclose the conflict of interest.
- capital_guy 3y agoI can think of an entire body of people who should be excluded from such a role; people who spent multiple years working at OpenAI.
- olliej 3y agoYeah being appointed to such a body should come with a mandatory “you must completely divest from the industry you will be regulating, include and aggregate fund or similar”, alongside “any compensation, hiring, or rehiring contracts and agreements offered prior to or during tenure are explicitly invalid”, and a “you cannot work on the board or executive of any business you I. The relevant industries for five years post departure, or at or with any previous employers for 10 years”
- rokkitmensch 3y agoA policy as likely to stick in our marvelous environment of endemic corruption as banning trading by members of the legislative branch and their families. "Rules for thee, not for me."
- drpossum 3y agoWait until you hear where most finance regulators come from
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago> huge financial interest in their success I never understood this. There is money to be made whichever direction the stock moves.
- burkaman 3y agoOpenAI doesn't give stock, they give "Profit Participation Units" that are directly tied to how much profit the company makes. If they aren't making a profit and you can't find a buyer who thinks they will in the future, then they are worthless.
- Drakim 3y agoHow is this compatible with being a non-profit?
- bmiller2 3y ago> SAMUEL ALTMAN, an individual, GREGORY BROCKMAN, an individual, OPENAI, INC., a corporation, OPENAI, L.P., a limited partnership, OPENAI, L.L.C., a limited liability company, OPENAI GP, L.L.C., a limited liability company, OPENAI OPCO, LLC, a limited liability company, OPENAI GLOBAL, LLC, a limited liability company, OAI CORPORATION, LLC, a limited liability company, OPENAI HOLDINGS, LLC, a limited liability company, and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive Kinda seems like it's not https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/musk-v-altman-openai-complaint-sf.pdf https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mu...
- gamblor956 3y agoThe non profit is one of the profit participants of the for profit entity.
- burkaman 3y agoThey abandoned the non-profit model 5 years ago.
- abecedarius 3y agoThis article says only "a crucial, though non-political, position". "Determining AI policy" is not in the reporting, such as it is. (It's also extremely unclear who and how many staffers are 'revolting' against this prospective appointment.)
- burkaman 3y agoYes sorry I should have linked to this: https://www.nist.gov/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-safety-institute https://www.nist.gov/artificial-intelligence/artificial-inte... > develop science-based and empirically backed guidelines and standards for AI measurement and policy, laying the foundation for AI safety across the world.