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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by airstrike on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:31AM (#38349502)
> these guys don't know what they're doing, even if tens of billions of dollars are at stake

also known as "never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence", which to my gut sounds at least as likely as a cui bono explanation tbh (which is not to be seen as an endorsement of the view that cui bono = conspiracy...)

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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by financltravsty on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:38AM (#38350219)
Everyone always forgets there's two parts to Hanlon's razor:

> Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity (1), but don't rule out malice. (2)

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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by freedomben on Monday November 20, 2023 @02:24PM (#38353102)
I don't actually think (2) is part of the razor[1]. If it is, then it doesn't make sense because (1) is an absolute (i.e. "never") which is always evaluated boolean "true", therefore statement (2) is never actually executed and is dead code.

Nevertheless I agree with you and think (2) is wise to always keep in mind. I love Hanlon's Razor but people definitely should take it literally as written and/or as law.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

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