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Re:Before Altman’s ouster, OpenAI’s board was divided and fe... by foobarian on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:29PM (#38372767)
That doesn’t even follow when taken literally. If the company is destroyed presumably they can’t create artificial intelligence, so there is nothing there to benefit all humanity in the first place.
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Re:Before Altman’s ouster, OpenAI’s board was divided and fe... by comp_throw7 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:38PM (#38372867)
It follows just fine, I think, given that the possibility space is not limited to "create beneficial AGI" and "don't create AGI". It also includes "create unaligned AGI", which is obviously much worse "don't create AGI"; the board would be remiss in its duties if it didn't try to prevent that from happening.
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Re:Before Altman’s ouster, OpenAI’s board was divided and fe... by concinds on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @12:58AM (#38375215)
Could we all stop entertaining these LessWrong hypotheticals? The notion that the board wants to shut down OpenAI to stop non-existent AGI is mad.
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Re:Before Altman’s ouster, OpenAI’s board was divided and fe... by Davidzheng on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:45PM (#38373527)
The mission of benefiting humanity can also mean not harming
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Re:Before Altman’s ouster, OpenAI’s board was divided and fe... by liuliu on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:46PM (#38374827)
The company is not destroyed. Board is not shutting down the company, they fired the CEO. The other ~700 people chose to quit. Not sure why it is "life-ruined" other than probably some tender offers withdrawn (and even this bit is unclear whether Thrive Capital will do that).
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