• just_change_it@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s supposed to be a nonprofit benefiting humanity, not a pay day for owners or workers. The board isn’t making money off of it.

    Giving microsoft control is a bad idea. (duh?)

    Giving a single person control is a bad idea, per sam altman.

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        1 year ago

        You’re wrong on point #1. This isn’t being done per Sam Altman for commercial purposes. It’s being done per Microsoft in an attempt to remove the OpenAI board completely. Facebook recently shutdown its AI Ethics division.

        All of this is happening in conjunction with each other. Large corporations are trying to privatize AI and using key personnel in the industry to make it seem like a good thing. This wasn’t just Sam Altman. Whoever drafted the letter demanding the board steps down is working with Microsoft to do this.

        More than likely, that group went around spreading doomsday to the other employees in an attempt to scare them into fleeing the company.

        Sam Altman is just a pawn.

        • people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Facebook recently shutdown its AI Ethics division.

          Meta is the only player that’s releasing its models to public. Ironically, it is the one being the most ethical in the AI space right now.

          “AI Ethics” teams in the Silicon Valley are nothing but rent-seeking doomer cults that leech off on the effort of others and hold back progress with bullshit gatekeeping. There was not a single positive contribution Facebook’s AI “ethics” team ever made.

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        1 year ago

        You might very well be correct. The thing that people need to remember is that just because something involves conspiracy doesn’t mean that it’s false. The more people required to be involved in a conspiracy is typically what makes it false. I think it is very within human nature. Especially those of programmers who have traditionally been better treated and paid than most other workers. To side with the profit motive against actual altruism. It’s the tech bro thing to do. I’m going to wait and see what happens. Not take any sides. Even though typically I’m always for supporting the workers.