Is there some weird chic thing where you intentionally don’t use capital letters? What is up with that behaviour? Is it some cute attempt at saying “an AI didn’t write this”?
a habit of a certain era of internet kids.
Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
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Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#52His last sentence is the main hint. Disagreement over dangers of AGI discoveries and how to handle I’d guess.
Given the way the board announcement ended on the commitment to the original charter of AI for everyone and the way this mention of safety is being thrown in, I suspect it may have been strong disagreements over continuing to be closed with research in the name of safety or open with the research community in the sake of advancement for all.
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#53This all seems so weird, and the list of Board members doesn't make this any easier to understand. Apart from the 3 insiders, there are 3 other board members. 2 of them seem complete no names and might not qualify for any important corporate board. In a for profit shareholders in theory control the board, in a non profit I am not even sure of who really has control over things.
> I am not even sure of who really has control over things.
Honestly, this is the big problem with Big Non Profit (tm). The entire structure of non-profits is really meant for ladies clubs, Rotary groups, and your church down the street, not openai and ikea.
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#54Finally some non-Elon-related drama in tech happening.
non-Elon-related so far
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well "out" as in he explicitly quit. He wasn't fired.
He was removed as Chairman of the Board but was allowed to remain in his other role as President reporting to the new acting CEO, but apparently wasn't interested. OTOH, I don't think it would surprise anyone that he would quit, and that may well have been the intent.
That's what I thought.
OpenAI's statement implies he was aware of the demotion... but his statement seems to imply he wasn't.
I guess the most likely situation is that they put out the press release, told him (or vice versa) and it took him a bit to decide to quit.
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#56The screw is tightening. Britains largest newspaper has just called out ai companies on their intellectual property and content theft. The game is over boys. The only question is how to make these types of companies pay for the crimes committed.
companies will just go to japan where its legal
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Presumably Sam recused himself so not necessarily
Why would he recuse himself? Sam seemed happy to work at OpenAI. FWIW, radio silence from Ilya on twitter https://twitter.com/ilyasut
> Why would he recuse himself?
Usually mandatory for decisions about a board member for them to be recused. That there is an overwhelming potential for conflict between personal interest and the firm’s is pretty clear in that case.
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#58Greg is the one who announced GPT-4. Sam enabled Greg and vice-versa. The next AI winter may have just begun...
Thermonuclear winter is more likely at this point. 4 AI safety believers that formed a board majority just got spooked.
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#59Building something on top of GPT, I am now worried.
Claude is a drop in replacement for most use cases. You'll be fine.
Re: Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
#60Yeah, this is not a good sign for OpenAI. Or at least not for those who appreciate what OpenAI was working to become.
I'm glad OpenAI happened, but I'd be happier if it stumbles a little and does not full-on capture the entirety of AI. I think a shake-up is good for the world.