Re:Ask HN: Is Eliezer Yudkowsky a genius playing the long game?
by dragonwriter on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:10PM
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> But, Sam Altman, who is leading all this, cares enough about his opinions that they have spoken in person.
Sam Altman has a financial interest in using AI doom fears to lobby for regulation that obstructs competitors, thereby serving OpenAI as an incumbent leader, and also as part of the PR machine justifying “Open”AI not being at all open, also for competitive reasons. Yudkowsky is a useful prop for Altman’s commercial interests.
Sam Altman has a financial interest in using AI doom fears to lobby for regulation that obstructs competitors, thereby serving OpenAI as an incumbent leader, and also as part of the PR machine justifying “Open”AI not being at all open, also for competitive reasons. Yudkowsky is a useful prop for Altman’s commercial interests.