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And so it serves as yet another reminder that any corporation trying to "do good" is just the usual sociopathic anti-human bullshit doing unusually good PR.

• maeil 3y ago
  Unfortunately that kind of generalization being inaccurate is exactly what makes this problem so difficult. Every case needs to be judged independently, but that takes a lot of time and effort that no one person individually has. A corporation is purely a legal structure. There exist people who do actually spend their time "doing good", and they too use such legal structures when that's helpful. It's unfortunate that so many were deceived by Sam Altman, and that the majority of OpenAI employees voted money over honesty when they had a direct, hugely impactful vote. On the other hand, it's not like Altman's history was a closely guarded secret, it was quite easy to look up. So ironically this in itself is a great example of a decemption that could've been prevented quite easily by some cursory research and solidarity.
  • benreesman 3y ago
    My comment history has been calling Altman a menace for a minimum of a year or two, probably longer. For a long time it got me downvotes and dirty looks. Then it was few votes and the occasional “no shit”, then it was just kind of quiet, and it’s about to be consensus. There was a big PR campaign around him personally, and it worked as intended, and if he hadn’t gone this far this fast, it might have remained effective. It still might.
    • benreesman 3y ago
      Edit: The Valley has turned, he’s done.