Was Madry at OpenAI for a sabbatical? I thought he was a professor at MIT.
"I am currently on leave from MIT and spending it at OpenAI."
Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI
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#12Aleksander in particular is deeply invested in AI safety as a mission. It's a very confusing departure, since most of the reporting so far indicates that Ilya and the board fired Sam to prioritize safety and non-profit objectives. A huge loss for OpenAI nonetheless.
Perhaps you could argue that he wants to stick with Sam and the others because if they start a company that competes with OpenAI, there’s a real chance they catch up and surpass OpenAI. If you really want to be a voice for safety, it’ll be most effective if you’re on the winning team.
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#13Are those the first cracks in the AI market bubble?
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#14We need to know why he was let go. All else is speculation. I doubt people would follow Sam if he was let go for a good reason.
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#15As I said in the other thread, this is 100% a AI doomerist hijack.
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#16Are those the first cracks in the AI market bubble?
Is it a bubble if it’s useful and I use it dozens of time a day?
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#17I just want to point out that it was exactly a week ago that OpenAI was openly announcing $10M pay packages to pull AI researchers from other major companies, like Alphabet. These other companies are well established and if OpenAI were a normal corporation might look at various hostile takeover strategies.
How much more cost effective to just fool half the board of a nonprofit into taking unnecessarily aggressive action.
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#18I just want to point out that it was exactly a week ago that OpenAI was openly announcing $10M pay packages to pull AI researchers from other major companies, like Alphabet. These other companies are well established and if OpenAI were a normal corporation might look at various hostile takeover strategies. How much more cost effective to just fool half the board of a nonprofit into taking unnecessarily aggressive act…
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#19As I said in the other thread, this is 100% a AI doomerist hijack.
Doomerism when it comes to technology has always been such a weird mindset to me. "oh no, they're gonna take the horses/horse buggies/telegram/landlines away!"
"Goddamn, how dare they invent the bigger cannons!?" - Romans, 1453, in Constantinople probably. (One incident where I can use my exempt powers).
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#20Are those the first cracks in the AI market bubble?
Is it a bubble if it’s useful and I use it dozens of time a day?
I agree AI is useful, but not to that extent to what it is valued on the market. I do not think that AI companies can deliver as much as they promise. With the driving core at OpenAI basically gone, I bet they will soon implode under the weight of their promises. Which means, investors will start pulling out their stakes. boom