OpenAI Supporters

#1

Post by picodguyo » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 7:52 PM UTC

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#2

Post by chrisbennet » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

"Additionally, Elon Musk will depart the OpenAI Board but will continue to donate and advise the organization. As Tesla continues to become more focused on AI, this will eliminate a potential future conflict for Elon."

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#3

Post by omarforgotpwd » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 8:41 PM UTC

Makes sense, considering he already stole one of their best vision engineers to lead the AutoPilot project.

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#4

Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 9:50 PM UTC

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #3

Makes sense, considering he already stole one of their best vision engineers to lead the AutoPilot project.

“Provided a superior opportunity and compensation.”

These are people, you can’t “steal” them.

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#5

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 10:30 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #3

Makes sense, considering he already stole one of their best vision engineers to lead the AutoPilot project.

“Provided a superior opportunity and compensation.” These are people, you can’t “steal” them.

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Re: OpenAI Supporters

#6

Post by chrisfosterelli » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 10:57 PM UTC

The addition of Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, two olympic athletes with no obvious ties to this, struck me as interesting. Does anyone have any insight to that?

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#7

Post by andreyk » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 11:05 PM UTC

chrisfosterelli wrote: post #6

The addition of Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, two olympic athletes with no obvious ties to this, struck me as interesting. Does anyone have any insight to that?

They are being added as donors, not advisors, right? So some rich people with interest in AI decided to support OpenAI, it seems.

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#8

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 11:14 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #3

Makes sense, considering he already stole one of their best vision engineers to lead the AutoPilot project.

“Provided a superior opportunity and compensation.” These are people, you can’t “steal” them.

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Re: OpenAI Supporters

#9

Post by oulu2006 » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 11:15 PM UTC

chrisbennet wrote: post #2

"Additionally, Elon Musk will depart the OpenAI Board but will continue to donate and advise the organization. As Tesla continues to become more focused on AI, this will eliminate a potential future conflict for Elon."

Bit of a nitpick, I read this sentence a few times because it sounded a little confusing, but shouldn't that be:

"but will continue to donate to, and advise the organization..."

rather than just "to donate and advise..." sounds like he's donating OpenAI to someone.

I'm unsure.

Re: OpenAI Supporters

#10

Post by solarkraft » Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 11:21 PM UTC

andreyk wrote: post #7

chrisfosterelli wrote: post #6

The addition of Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, two olympic athletes with no obvious ties to this, struck me as interesting. Does anyone have any insight to that?

They are being added as donors, not advisors, right? So some rich people with interest in AI decided to support OpenAI, it seems.

Which is surprising and great to see as it indicates the issue becoming a more main stream concern.