What happened to working on AI for the good of humanity, including AGI, and making sure it didn’t fall into the hands of bad actors? Wasn’t that the original aspiration? Now this reads like next generation Intercom/Olark tools.
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#112OpenAI started as a non-profit, went for-profit. Still owned by the big players.... Something isn't right. Is OpenAI just a submarine so the tech giants can do unethical research without taking blame??? Its textbook misdirection, nonprofit and "Open" in the name, hero-esque mission statement. How do you make the mental leap from "we're non-profit and we won't release things too dangerous" to "JK we're for-profit and…
More fake news and generated AI content there is more people would stop trusting social media. It will saturate to that tipping point that humanity will need to find more genuine ways to communicate. So I say bring it on.
Yeah bring the noise floor up so high that signal is lost.
Burn all social media to the ground, I say.
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#113On a side note, has anyone noticed a lack of diversity on the group photo on their careers page: https://openai.com/content/images/2020/04/openai-offsite-jul...
I remember coming across it not too long ago and felt unwelcomed/disappointed.
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#114On a side note, has anyone noticed a lack of diversity on the group photo on their careers page: https://openai.com/content/images/2020/04/openai-offsite-jul... I remember coming across it not too long ago and felt unwelcomed/disappointed.
Has anyone noticed a substantial rise in people noticing skin colour ?
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah I can't tell exactly which ones but I really feel like some of the OpenAI demos of products could be potentially huge if fleshed out.
Sign up for the beta if you'd like to be the one to flesh them out :)!
I definitely did immediately after seeing this. Being neither an academic nor representing a recognizable name brand company, I don’t know if I should have my hopes up too high for getting access soon, but I certainly hope so. I’d love to play around with this and push its limits for some creative hackathon-style side projects!
Just wanted to add: It’s amazing all the negativity in this discussion. Whatever happened to the creative tech community who loves to push boundaries? Isn’t that still part of the hacker ethos, isn’t this still hacker news? Just because a tool has the potential to be used for bad doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be excited to find new ways to use it for good.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's simply because OpenAI is fundamentally created and controlled by venture capitalists , and the tech they created turned out to be just too juicy an opportunity to not monetize. I can’t say I blame them, when they realize they are sitting on the technological equivalent of a mountain of gold. What would you do?
> sitting on the technological equivalent of a mountain of gold. What would you do? Greed is not justified. I get that people are weak, selfish, they can't stop themselves. Some feel sympathy because they've been weak too. "Maybe it's justified," they like to think. "Everybody lies." But seriously, those who care so much about money and power they can't do things in a civilized respectable way: they are not yet an ad…
What is wrong with selling technology?!
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's simply because OpenAI is fundamentally created and controlled by venture capitalists , and the tech they created turned out to be just too juicy an opportunity to not monetize. I can’t say I blame them, when they realize they are sitting on the technological equivalent of a mountain of gold. What would you do?
> sitting on the technological equivalent of a mountain of gold. What would you do? Greed is not justified. I get that people are weak, selfish, they can't stop themselves. Some feel sympathy because they've been weak too. "Maybe it's justified," they like to think. "Everybody lies." But seriously, those who care so much about money and power they can't do things in a civilized respectable way: they are not yet an ad…
Why is it not justified, beyond a moral belief? Seems rational that people would strive to make as much money as possible.
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#118On a side note, has anyone noticed a lack of diversity on the group photo on their careers page: https://openai.com/content/images/2020/04/openai-offsite-jul... I remember coming across it not too long ago and felt unwelcomed/disappointed.
Define diversity?
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#119On a side note, has anyone noticed a lack of diversity on the group photo on their careers page: https://openai.com/content/images/2020/04/openai-offsite-jul... I remember coming across it not too long ago and felt unwelcomed/disappointed.
1. Just apply and you will find out if you are welcome or not. Do not assume.
2. Asians are not diverse enough? There are plenty on the photo.
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#120On a side note, has anyone noticed a lack of diversity on the group photo on their careers page: https://openai.com/content/images/2020/04/openai-offsite-jul... I remember coming across it not too long ago and felt unwelcomed/disappointed.
I dunno - looks fairly representative of the Silicon Valley population demographic. Maybe not so much an issue with this company?
I notice (as usual) under-representation of women. But that's endemic to the industry.