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Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#21

Anybody who stays at openai is signing on to build machines that will be used to kill innocent people and control people who think that’s a bad idea.

I’m worried that China will build said killing machines and that we’ll be unprepared.

Unless you're living in Taiwan, I don't think you have a lot to prepare for.

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#22

Anybody who stays at openai is signing on to build machines that will be used to kill innocent people and control people who think that’s a bad idea.

I’m worried that China will build said killing machines and that we’ll be unprepared.

I'm worried that China will build said killing machines only because they see that we are and feel the need to be prepared.

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#23

Anybody who stays at openai is signing on to build machines that will be used to kill innocent people and control people who think that’s a bad idea.

I’m worried that China will build said killing machines and that we’ll be unprepared.

“I’m afraid my neighbor would kill my son, therefore, I’ll kill my son myself”

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#24

That twitter post was clearly written by AI along with the instructions for the AI to avoid "tells" and other tropes common to AI. Absolutely nothing wrong with something written with AI. Just pointing it out.

But was it written with an OpenAI AI?

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#25

Anybody who stays at openai is signing on to build machines that will be used to kill innocent people and control people who think that’s a bad idea.

I’m worried that China will build said killing machines and that we’ll be unprepared.

The myth of american moral superiority had been dead for a while. Why would china be any more evil than the US, which has waged far more colonialist wars and killed far more foreign lives in recent times (look at the news today for inspiration)

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#26
post #9

I have a hard time with this separation of “principle” from “people”. Isn’t it people who have principles?

“It’s not X, it’s Y” is a common ChatGPT trope used to give a sense of depth to a statement but the specific contrast is generally murky like this. This Tweet was either written by ChatGPT or heavily influenced by ChatGPT style.

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#27
post #9

I have a hard time with this separation of “principle” from “people”. Isn’t it people who have principles?

There are no "principles" in big tech and I call bullshit on this tweet and their reasoning.

OpenAI already had military contracts while this employee was at the company and there was no open letter last year about that.

Prior to that, they were at Meta and joined OpenAI after ChatGPT took off.

If they thought that AGI was about "principles" then not only they were naive, but it leads me to believe that they were only there for the RSUs, just like their time at Meta.

Why is it so hard to be honest and just say you were there for the money, fame and RSUs and not for so called "AGI"?

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#28
Good for Caitlin. Sam Altman is awful. He literally admitted on Twitter that they rushed their military contract to get it done. Are you kidding me? You rushed your military contract?

Any employee who stays, especially given the financial cushion they have, is complicit. Shame on all of them.

But here’s the sad truth: most of the knowledge workers at OpenAI won’t be of any value sometime soon because of the very tool they’re building.

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#29
Whatever happened to this all powerful non profit that would ensure OAI is doing right? Something tells me they just cashed in and run a corrupt shell at this point.

Re: I resigned from OpenAI

#30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m worried that China will build said killing machines and that we’ll be unprepared.

The myth of american moral superiority had been dead for a while. Why would china be any more evil than the US, which has waged far more colonialist wars and killed far more foreign lives in recent times (look at the news today for inspiration)

I don’t see any contradiction with what the OP said, though. You don’t have to be morally superior to still be concerned about a country’s forces killing you.
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