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Machine Learning Researcher Links OpenAI to Drug-Fueled Sex Parties

22 points by rexreed 2y ago

chmod775 2y ago
Tabloid press but for Silicon Valley.
BobbyTables2 2y ago
I always just assumed every hot VC funded company was a drawn out, drug fueled sex party…
- quantified 2y ago
  If only.
wkat4242 2y ago
Are they recruiting? Asking for a friend.
dyauspitr 2y ago
Lucky bastards?
Reubend 2y ago
This is sort of baffling to me. It seems like common sense that you shouldn't attend sex parties with your coworkers and then do drugs there. But the Twitter post referenced doesn't even say that happened; it's vague and it deliberately omits any direct accusations of wrongdoing. The article "links" OpenAI to sex parties, but obviously OpenAI as a company never hosted sex parties. Sonia Joseph (the woman whose claims are the subject of the article) says this on Twitter: > I have seen some troubling things around social circles of early OpenAI employees, their friends, and adjacent entrepreneurs, which I have not previously spoken about publicly. Seems like some of their employees were behaving badly, so the authors decided to use the OpenAI name for clout? I'm not part of the "hacker house" scene, but this seems to me like an indicator of issues within that domain. I don't think it's fair to blame AI research, and I don't think it's fair to blame OpenAI or any other large company. If anything, this seems more like an indictment of "hacker house culture".
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- lazide 2y ago
  What exactly is troubling about sex parties? There is a lot of implied pearl clutching going on here.
  - scintill76 2y ago
    I think even from sex-positive position, combining sex with drugs and coworkers should be troubling because of consent/coercion issues. (I’m not taking a position on the accuracy of these allegations, just the general category.)
    - lazide 2y ago
      No one said it was the boss doing it or organizing it, no?
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ein0p 2y ago
Yeah god forbid those nerds get laid and/or smoke a joint. Can’t have that. That’s only for the beautiful people.

22 points by rexreed 2y ago

chmod775 2y ago

Tabloid press but for Silicon Valley.

BobbyTables2 2y ago

I always just assumed every hot VC funded company was a drawn out, drug fueled sex party…

quantified 2y ago
If only.

wkat4242 2y ago

Are they recruiting? Asking for a friend.

dyauspitr 2y ago

Lucky bastards?

Reubend 2y ago

This is sort of baffling to me. It seems like common sense that you shouldn't attend sex parties with your coworkers and then do drugs there. But the Twitter post referenced doesn't even say that happened; it's vague and it deliberately omits any direct accusations of wrongdoing. The article "links" OpenAI to sex parties, but obviously OpenAI as a company never hosted sex parties. Sonia Joseph (the woman whose claims are the subject of the article) says this on Twitter: > I have seen some troubling things around social circles of early OpenAI employees, their friends, and adjacent entrepreneurs, which I have not previously spoken about publicly. Seems like some of their employees were behaving badly, so the authors decided to use the OpenAI name for clout? I'm not part of the "hacker house" scene, but this seems to me like an indicator of issues within that domain. I don't think it's fair to blame AI research, and I don't think it's fair to blame OpenAI or any other large company. If anything, this seems more like an indictment of "hacker house culture".

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lazide 2y ago
What exactly is troubling about sex parties? There is a lot of implied pearl clutching going on here.
- scintill76 2y ago
  I think even from sex-positive position, combining sex with drugs and coworkers should be troubling because of consent/coercion issues. (I’m not taking a position on the accuracy of these allegations, just the general category.)
  - lazide 2y ago
    No one said it was the boss doing it or organizing it, no?
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      [deleted]

ein0p 2y ago

Yeah god forbid those nerds get laid and/or smoke a joint. Can’t have that. That’s only for the beautiful people.