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Convergent instrumental goals[1] and the orthogonality thesis[2], among other reasons. [1] https://youtu.be/ZeecOKBus3Q?si=cYJUaxjIJPIbubRL [2] https://youtu.be/hEUO6pjwFOo?si=DXVo…

Ilya's talking about type 4.

If I had to bet money on it, researchers at top labs have already tried applying search to existing models. The idea to do so is pretty obvious. I don't think it's the one key insi…

The main thing I'd be worried about in the short term is models making accessible the information to synthesize a pandemic capable virus.

Exactly. If the board had the reasons in this article ready to go when they fired Altman, things may have gone much differently.

I agree that the board overestimated their own power, and underestimated the need to get their business partners on board with Altman's firing. However, I think calling Microsoft t…

Major investors aren't the board's boss in this case because OpenAI is a nonprofit. Microsoft is incentivized to act against the goals nonprofit's charter (and in fact they did in …

That was definitely part of it.

> "it's Nintendo's own fault for not releasing their games on PC and Android" I understand if you disagree with this argument (I don't know if I'd endorse it wholeheartedly), but I…

A more accurate rewording of Nintendo's statement (keeping their point of view): > A video emulator is piece of software that allows a user to run a video game on a platform differ…

Hammers are used for theft, as well. Even if Nintendo's business would benefit from emulators not existing[1], it doesn't mean we should ban emulators (or create laws which allow m…

Two paragraphs into the legal complaint[1], Nintendo says such BS as: > A video game emulator is a piece of software that allows users to unlawfully play pirated video games that w…

The yearly odds of a "Bond villian" becoming U.S. president seem a lot higher than the risk of a catastrophic asteroid to me.

> Who is saying that? There is a quote in the top level comment of this thread that says that. > It’s untenable that there’s unsanctioned client software for a messaging platform f…

I think plenty of people (myself among them), have used Nouveau without issues.

I'd prefer to have the option to use my current Nvidia card with open source drivers, or to purchase a new one (I care more about good open source drivers now than I did when I bou…

Automated software writing from a codebase and a requirement description, with the model asking clarifying questions where necessary, would be an immensely valuable application. We…

What is your definition of reasoning? In my mind, GPT-4 has some nascent reasoning abilities.

One thing we've learned over the past few days is that Toner had remarkably little control over OpenAI's actions. If a non-profit's board can't fire the CEO, they have no way to in…

Ilya and Adam switched because they lost, and their goal wasn't to nuke OpenAI, simply to remove Sam. Helen and Tasha had the votes to prevent Sam Altman from returning as CEO, but…

Do you have a source for either of these things? The only thing I heard about Saudi investors was related to the (presumably separate) chip startup.

Classic CEO worship. There's no reason to believe that he's more important than many of the other key figures in the company.

The "leader of the coup" has changed each day. First it was Ilya, then D'Angelo because of Poe, then Toner because he criticized her paper.

Who, it's worth mentioning, got a seat because Open Philanthropy donated $30 million to OpenAI early in its creation.

I think you're taking the intuition from a for-profit company and wrongly applying it to a non-profit company. When a board member criticizes a for-profit company, that's bad becau…