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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by dkjaudyeqooe on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:02PM (#38387088)
You've got to hand it to OpenAI for their bleeding edge marketing strat:

"WE'VE GOT AN AGI IN THIS CABINET RIGHT HERE AND WE DON'T WANT TO LET IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S SO POWERFUL, IT'S SO AI YOU HAVE NO IDEA, BEST YOU THROW MONEY AT US AND WE'LL KEEP EVERYONE SAFE BUT SORRY YOU"RE ALL REDUNDANT BECAUSE AGI, SORRY"

You'd think that so soon after so many Crypto scams people would be just a wee bit less credulous.

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by blazespin on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:20PM (#38387921)
Also in the news today, the 86B share sale is back on.

I mean... come on.

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by hnav on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:41PM (#38387561)
Maybe they asked ChatGPT to come up with an unconventional marketing plan and it had a touch too much blogspam "that will SHOCK and PETRIFY you" in its training set so ChatGPT suggested that they feign a powerstruggle over keeping a humanity ending super-intelligence under wraps.
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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by skepticATX on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:45PM (#38387605)
The report is already starting to get rolled back. We now have a direct denial from OpenAI, and The Verge is reporting that their sources have also denied this happened.

The lack of skepticism that is demonstrated whenever OpenAI/AGI comes up, especially among technologists, is concerning.

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by yeck on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:40PM (#38388103)
Where do you see it being rolled back?
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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by grassmudhorse on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:24PM (#38389248)
> You'd think ... people would be just a wee bit less credulous.

Like the Crypto scams - irrelevant.

As long as the publicity is bringing in users, investors WILL throw in more money.

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by ilikehurdles on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:33PM (#38389301)
Remember when the safetyists feared and warned about GPT-2? Everything is apocalyptic until it isnt.
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