[pfist]

I have noticed, and I am concerned that they were the leaders of the Superalignment team.

[zer00eyz]

Sam Altman superalinged them right out the door...

[dontupvoteme]

Turns out we already have alignment, it's called capitalism.

[mbgerring]

This is true and we do not talk about it enough. Moreover, Capitalism is itself an unaligned AI, and understanding it through that lens clarifies a great deal.

[throwaway5959]

How does capitalism work if there aren’t any workers to buy the products made by the capitalists? Not being argumentative here, I really want to know.

[cyanydeez]

Yes, thos is definitely the signal that capitalism eill determine the value.of AI.

SAME way.google search is now a steaming garbage.pile.

[treme]

Reads like beginnings of a good dystopian movie script

[transcriptase]

On the other hand, they clearly they weren’t concerned enough about the issue to continue working on it.

[HarHarVeryFunny]

The Anthropic folk were concerned enough that they left, and are indeed continuing to work on it [AI safety].

Now, we've have the co-leads of the super-alignment/safety team leaving too.

Certainly not a good look for OpenAI.

There really doesn't seem to be much of a mission left at OpenAI - they have a CEO giving off used car salesman vibes who recently mentioned considering allowing their AI to generate porn, and now releasing a flirty AI-girlfriend as his gift to humanity.

[scarmig]

If your ostensible purpose is being sidelined by decision makers, trying to fight back is often a good option, but sometimes you fail. Admitting failure and focusing on other approaches is the right choice at that point.

[dontupvoteme]

One could argue that at this point openai is being Extended and Embraced by Microsoft and is unlikely to have much autonomy or groundbreaking impact one way or another.

[llamaimperative]

Ah yes, a scientist refusing to work on the hydrogen bomb couldn't have been all that concerned about it.