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Re:OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and jo... by yeevs on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:25AM (#41169107)
AI alignment has a well defined meaning. You can look at the wikipedia article if you wish. If you dismiss it as an important problem, that's fine but it's pretty clear what AI alignment means in this context.
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Re:OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and jo... by weberer on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:48AM (#41169201)
I think you misunderstood the point. There's a specific thing regarding alignment that Schulman and OpenAI disagree on, and that thing is not revealed to us. There are countless possibilities, but we are left in the dark.

For example, his focus on alignment could be more about preventing the end of human civilization, while Microsoft/OpenAI's focus could be more about not expressing naughty opinions that advertisers dislike.

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