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I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

#42

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secret counterexample. people have been failing to learn vim for literal decades

Upon trying it for the first time more than 60% of people never exit - that's just great retention!

You mean 60% have still not discovered :q!

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

#44

So is it just that these are people who haven’t personally experienced well-intentioned technology turning into a living nightmare? Watching the optimism and then collapse of Web 2.0 was a formative experience for me. I’m 38. Is this just naivete? What is this?

well she is only 23 so naivete would make sense, although it looks like she held some AI safety roles so...

In the same way that “Anthropic” apparently means misanthropic, we can probably add “AI safety” to the list of newspeak.

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

#45

So is it just that these are people who haven’t personally experienced well-intentioned technology turning into a living nightmare? Watching the optimism and then collapse of Web 2.0 was a formative experience for me. I’m 38. Is this just naivete? What is this?

> Watching the optimism and then collapse of Web 2.0

What collapse of web 2.0?

Technically the website we're on is web 2.0 because we're interacting as users.

I don't think it's naiveté on their part to want to build new things. I think you're just jaded and hyperfocusing on the negatives.

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

#46

So is it just that these are people who haven’t personally experienced well-intentioned technology turning into a living nightmare? Watching the optimism and then collapse of Web 2.0 was a formative experience for me. I’m 38. Is this just naivete? What is this?

To me, this reads as an attempt to raise easy investment money.

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

#47
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My thoughts being beamed to a frontier model where they are monetizable (and used for training) is terrifying.

They will also want to beam back the response straight back into your brain one day.

it's in the article, around 2030 the device should be able to write and "make changes to the brain: hear audio, or tell the brain to use more calories" ...and later she envisions chatGPT becoming an extension of the brain like a sixth sense.

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

#50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

secret counterexample. people have been failing to learn vim for literal decades

Upon trying it for the first time more than 60% of people never exit - that's just great retention!

Every time I accidentally start vim, I just buy a new computer.
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