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This is part of the grift. Here we have Sam 'too dangerous to be released' Altman warning again and again while at the same time doing exactly what he is warnin

This is part of the grift. Here we have Sam 'too dangerous to be released' Altman warning again and again while at the same time doing exactly what he is warning about. I doubt he actually expects some type of regulation that will make the snake oil he is selling last a little bit longer. More realistically its so drive up the hype and cash out as much as possible until hardware is cheap enough for a good enough model since right now the gap between the pay to use models and the free models will only get smaller and smaller.

tonetegeatinst 2y ago
Yes part of this does smell of hype. While some of the AI research has been groundbreaking, its not a revolutionary thing. We have had chatbots and computer vision for a long time. This reminds me of all the hype and scaremongering around deepfakes which while have been misused, it turns out the largest users of the are the VFX and entertainment industry. I wonder if people were this afraid of the printing press or radio