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Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

cguess wrote: post #723
ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sam Altman is a great case of failing upwards. And this is the problem. You don't get to build a moral backbone if you fake your brilliance.

His last thing is "WorldCoin" which, before pretty much completely failing did manage to scan the irises of 20% of the world's low income people which they definitely were all properly informed about. He's a charlatan, which makes sense he gets most of his money from Thiel and Musk. Why do so many supposedly smart people worship psychotic idiots?

I think it is the same instinct in humans which made Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fall for seances and mediums and all those hoaxes. The need to believe something is there which is hidden and unknown. It is the drive to curiosity.

The way Peter, Musk, Sam and these guys talk, it has this aura of "hidden secrets". Things hidden since the foundation of the world.

Of course the reality is they make their money the old fashioned way: connections. The same way your local builder makes their money.

But smart people want to believe there is something more. Surely AI and your local condo development cannot have the same underlying thread.

It is sad and unfortunately the internet has made things easier than ever.

Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Post by stingraycharles »

variant wrote: post #431
brenns10 wrote: post #234

Reminds me of SBF calling for crypto regulations while running FTX. Being seen as friendly to regulations is great for optics compared to being belligerently anti-regulation. You can appear responsible and benevolent, and get more opportunity to weaken regulation by controlling more of the narrative. And hey, if you get end up getting some regulatory capture making competition harder, that's a great benefit too. Open…

> OpenAI != FTX, just meaning to say calling for regulation isn't an indication of good intentions, despite sounding like it. I'd argue that any business advocating for regulation is largely motivated by its own pursuit of regulatory capture.

Didn’t Facebook / Meta also do something similar during the whole “fake news” controversy?

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/15/facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-call...

Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Post by dumpsterlid »

atlantic wrote: post #759
thehoff wrote: post #566

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a figure of speech. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_the_Rich

Yes, but OP goes overboard by expanding the metaphor to include forks, knives, napkins, and barbecue sauce.

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Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Post by rvz »

xiphias2 wrote: post #238
nico wrote: post #143

This is quite incredible Could you imagine if MS had convinced the govt back in the day, to require a special license to build an operating system (this blocking Linux and everything open)? It’s essentially what’s happening now, Except it is OpenAI instead of MS, and it is AI instead of Linux AI is the new Linux, they know it, and are trying desperately to stop it from happening

I bet OpenAI is using MS connections and money for lobbying, so it's basically MS again.

Exactly, say it with me:

Embrace, Extend...

What comes after Extend?

Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Post by mrangle »

One might think that Altman doesn't have a shot at this ham-fisted attempt at regulatory capture.

The issue is that the political class will view his suggestion, assuming they didn't give it to him in the first place (likely), through the lens of their own self-interest.

Self-interest will dictate whether or not sure-to-fail regulations will be applied.

If AI threatens the power of the political class, they will attempt to regulate it.

If the power of the political class continues to trend toward decline, then they will try literally anything to arrest that trend. Including regulating AI and much else.

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Post by encryptluks2 »

HDThoreaun wrote: post #769
xnx wrote: post #725

Not the first time that OpenAI has claimed their technology is so good it's dangerous. (From early 2019: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/openai-text-generator-dang... ) This is the equivalent of martial artists saying that their hands have to be registered as deadly weapons.

50% of AI researchers think there’s a greater than 10% chance that AI causes human extinction. It’s not only openAI and sam who think this is dangerous.

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Re: Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

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Post by jiveturkey »

jacurtis wrote: post #814
rjbwork wrote: post #734

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I said this about Sam Altman and open AI years ago and got poo pooed repeatedly in various fora. "But It's OPEN!" "But it's a non-profit!" "But they're the good guys!" And here we are - Sam trying to lock down his first mover advantage with the boot heel of the state for profit. It's fucking disgusting.

As a wise person once said > You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain Sam Altman has made the full character arc

yeah sorry, that is a statement about leadership and responsibility to make the "tough decisions", like going to war, or deciding who the winners and losers are when deciding a budget that everyone contributed to via taxes. NOT a statement meant to whitewash VC playbooks.
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