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Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by Teever »

minimaxir wrote: post #127
velominati wrote: post #25

It's never OK to physically attack someone like this. Full stop. Separately; Sam's belief that "AI has to be democratized; power cannot be too concentrated." rings incredibly hollow. OpenAI has abandoned its open source roots. It is concentrating wealth - and thus power - into fewer hands. Not more.

I didn't think Hacker News needed an explicit "calls for violence are bad" guideline but the comments here have shown otherwise.

Do you feel the same way about comments that support the US military action in Iran? Why or why not?

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by cj »

BloondAndDoom wrote: post #155

Can someone help me to understand why OpenAI and Anthropic talks as if the future of humanity controlled by them? We have very strong open (weight) Chinese models possibly only 6 months behind of them, gene is out of the bottle, is 6 months of difference really that important? And they don’t have good reasons for that 6 months to stay that way. Am I missing something or are these just their usual marketing? I’m not a…

These kind of people have highly paid emoliyees surrounding them on all sides propping them up and very likely making it very easy for them to actually believe it.

It feels like they actually believe it, rather than just “marketing” and I don’t know which is worse.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by johnfn »

BloondAndDoom wrote: post #155

Can someone help me to understand why OpenAI and Anthropic talks as if the future of humanity controlled by them? We have very strong open (weight) Chinese models possibly only 6 months behind of them, gene is out of the bottle, is 6 months of difference really that important? And they don’t have good reasons for that 6 months to stay that way. Am I missing something or are these just their usual marketing? I’m not a…

Some people think there will be an exponential takeoff, which means that a 6 month lead effectively rounds up to infinity.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by Noaidi »

velominati wrote: post #25

It's never OK to physically attack someone like this. Full stop. Separately; Sam's belief that "AI has to be democratized; power cannot be too concentrated." rings incredibly hollow. OpenAI has abandoned its open source roots. It is concentrating wealth - and thus power - into fewer hands. Not more.

‘Working towards prosperity for everyone’ was extremely hollow as well. If he believed this, he would be running his company as a cooperative and not as a for-profit company.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by hahahacorn »

happytoexplain wrote: post #52
hahahacorn wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain the petty, self important, trolling manner? Which traits are intrinsically negative? Genuine Q

Of Altman, Trump et al, Elon, the Nvidia guy, etc? Or am I not understanding the question?

Of Altman in this blog. Put another way I didn’t read those traits from this post and I’m curious what I’m missing.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by Ms-J »

smallmancontrov wrote: post #63
velominati wrote: post #25

It's never OK to physically attack someone like this. Full stop. Separately; Sam's belief that "AI has to be democratized; power cannot be too concentrated." rings incredibly hollow. OpenAI has abandoned its open source roots. It is concentrating wealth - and thus power - into fewer hands. Not more.

If only that sentiment was reciprocal! When the job losses hit in earnest and the vague handwaving about making it right all inevitably turns out to be hollow, those on top will be exceedingly comfortable using violence to keep the underclass in line. It has happened before and it will happen again.

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Post by 0xy »

probably_wrong wrote: post #29
LunaSea wrote: post #9

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10 hours ago a post made the frontpage here [0] about how OpenAI is backing a law that "would limit liability for AI-enabled mass deaths or financial disasters". Now he's here saying he believes that "working towards prosperity for everyone, empowering all people, and advancing science and technology are moral obligations for [him]". I know he doesn't believe a word of what he wrote in that post except, perhaps, that…

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