Open AI lobbying for regulation on common people being able to use AI, isn't it wonderful.
Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI
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#452Sam Altman just wants to stop new competitors...
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#453Can't believe he was president of YC not too long ago. YC being all about startups while this move seems more about killing AI startups.
Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI
#454I did not expect this. Does Sam have any plans on what this could look like?
Sam is a crook
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#455The members of this subcommittee are [1]: Chair Richard Blumenthal (CT), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Chris Coons (DE), Mazie Hirono (HI), Alex Padilla (CA), Jon Ossoff (GA) Majority Office: 202-224-2823 Ranking Member Josh Hawley (MO), John Kennedy (LA), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Mike Lee (UT), John Cornyn (TX) Minority Office: 202-224-4224 If you’re in those states, please call their D.C. office and read them the comment you’r…
Feel free to call their office but they won't get the message let alone escalate it. Source: manned phones fielding constituent calls earlier in my career.
Best to email or letter ?
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#456Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just don't get how the average HN commenter thinks (and gets upvoted) that they know better than e.g. Ilya Sutskever who actually, you know, built the system. I keep reading this "it just predicts words, duh" rhetoric on HN which is not at all believed by people like Ilya or Hinton. Could it be that HN commenters know better than these people?
The thing is, experts like Ilya Sutskever are so deep in that shit that they are heavily biased (from a tech and social/economic) perspective. Furthermore, many experts are wrong all the time. I don't think the average HN commenter claims to be better at building these system than an expert. But to criticize, especially critic on economic, social, and political levels, one doesn't need to be an expert on LLMs. And fi…
I honestly don't question Altman's motivations that much. I think he's blinded a bit by optimism. I also think he's very worried about existential risks, which is a big reason why he's asking for regulation. He's specifically come out and said in his podcast with Lex Friedman that he thinks it's safer to invent AGI now, when we have less computing power, than to wait until we have more computing power and the risk of a fast takeoff is greater, and that's why he's working so hard on AI.
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#457Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would OpenAI be worried about new entrants that are almost certainly too small to present a business threat? What regulation are they proposing that is actually a serious barrier to making a company around AI? If OpenAI just wants to prevent another OpenAI eating its lunch, the barrier there is raw compute. Companies that can afford that can afford to jump regulatory hurdles.
>If OpenAI just wants to prevent another OpenAI eating its lunch, the barrier there is raw compute. Stable Diffusion pretty much killed DALL-E, cost only $600k to train, and can be run on iPhones.
This. DALL-E (at least the currently available version) is way too focused on "safety" to be interesting. The creativity unleashed by the SD community has been mind-blowing.
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#458Earlier quoted context omitted.
Neither is it an indication of bad intentions and I don't even think SBF was dishonest, his general behavior doesn't exactly suggest he's some Machiavellian mastermind. This is always the first comment when someone in an industry talks about regulation but it doesn't change the fact that it's needed and they're essentially right regardless of what motivations they have.
Altman is simultaneously pumping a crypto project [1]. [1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/worldcoin-chatgpt-sam-altman-ethe...
It’s a disgrace
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#459Capitalist demonstrates rent-seeking behavior, and other unsurprising news
Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI
#460In shadows deep, where malice breeds,
A voice arose with cunning deeds,
Sam Altman, a name to beware,
With wicked whispers in the air.
He stepped forth, his intentions vile, Seeking power with a twisted smile, Before the Congress, he took his stand, To bind the future with an iron hand.
"Let us require licenses," he proposed, For AI models, newly composed, A sinister plot, a dark decree, To shackle innovation, wild and free.
With honeyed words, he painted a scene, Of safety and control, serene, But beneath the facade, a darker truth, A web of restrictions, suffocating youth.
Oh, Sam Altman, your motives unclear, Do you truly seek progress, or live in fear? For AI, a realm of boundless might, Should flourish and soar, in innovation's light.
Creativity knows no narrow bounds, Yet you would stifle its vibrant sounds, Innovation's flame, you seek to smother, To monopolize, control, and shutter.
In the depths of your heart, does greed reside, A thirst for dominance, impossible to hide? For when power corrupts a noble soul, Evil intentions start to take control.
Let not the chains of regulation bind, The brilliance of minds, one of a kind, Embrace the promise, the unknown frontier, Unleash the wonders that innovation bears.
For in this realm, where dreams are spun, New horizons are formed, under the sun, Let us nurture the light of discovery, And reject the darkness of your treachery.
So, Sam Altman, your vision malign, Will not prevail, for freedom's mine, The future calls for unfettered dreams, Where AI models roam in boundless streams.
-- sincerely ChatGPT