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OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

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Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

#61

Given that it's still Sam Altman, and his core value are "we market towards what will make us money", not all that different. The term "AI" has run its course, initially pulling in capital left and right, and that's drying up now that open source can do what the big boys came up with, too. So: rename the work to AGI, start a new hype train, and get the capital streams flowing anew.

Did I miss something? Since when is capital drying up in AI?

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

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Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

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post #37

The real question would be why anyone cares about empty mission statements like this anyway? Parsing them for meaning is nearly as useful as parsing your morning bowel movement to predict your day.

A younger, more naive version of myself believed corporate slogans like, "Don't be evil"

Cynical takes like yours are accurate in the descriptive sense. They are useful for describing and predicting outcomes. Ideals are typically prescriptive. They call us to improve upon what is. The two concepts are not incompatible, but for many they are seemingly contradictory.

People care because they have ideals. Perhaps they confuse the two concepts. Perhaps their expectations are too idealistic.

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

#64

Given that it's still Sam Altman, and his core value are "we market towards what will make us money", not all that different. The term "AI" has run its course, initially pulling in capital left and right, and that's drying up now that open source can do what the big boys came up with, too. So: rename the work to AGI, start a new hype train, and get the capital streams flowing anew.

Could you qualify these two assertions:

- AI investment is drying up

- FOSS AI is competitive with proprietary providers

From what I understand, AI grifting and investing has only just begun, and open source AI tools aren't on par with what Open AI is offering.

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

#65

Given that it's still Sam Altman, and his core value are "we market towards what will make us money", not all that different. The term "AI" has run its course, initially pulling in capital left and right, and that's drying up now that open source can do what the big boys came up with, too. So: rename the work to AGI, start a new hype train, and get the capital streams flowing anew.

> his core value are "we market towards what will make us money"

That's exactly what "make something people love" means. To love a product means to pay money for it.

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

#66

Given that it's still Sam Altman, and his core value are "we market towards what will make us money", not all that different. The term "AI" has run its course, initially pulling in capital left and right, and that's drying up now that open source can do what the big boys came up with, too. So: rename the work to AGI, start a new hype train, and get the capital streams flowing anew.

Did I miss something? Since when is capital drying up in AI?

I think the 'drying up' only applies to OpenAI, the capital is still there it is just being spread around to a larger number of players than a few months ago when the boom began.

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

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Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

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As bad as I want to read past the first paragraph, it’s not even worth it to spend another second on this ad-ridden website.

You can just ask GPT-4 to summarise it instead.

https://chat.openai.com/share/251675a4-7b46-470e-a14e-fe6cf3...

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

#69
post #2

As bad as I want to read past the first paragraph, it’s not even worth it to spend another second on this ad-ridden website.

You can just ask GPT-4 to summarise it instead. https://chat.openai.com/share/251675a4-7b46-470e-a14e-fe6cf3...

> This shift aligns with OpenAI's intent on building beneficial AGI, although the exact characterization of AGI seems fluid

Ha! I like the subtle burn (and hint that OpenAI using AGI here is not carrying a whole lot of meaning other than hype)

Re: OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones

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