Ooooh and here I was, an ignoramus thinking OpenAI was mostly trying to find a way to milk the generative models cash cow. Silly, cynical me, I should have known better.
Don't worry about it. VERY few people (Sama, Elon, Me) saw this coming and see what is coming next.
Eliezer and his disciples are looking at you and your friends, and he is not impressed.
Am Eliezer disciple, can confirm.
This day was inevitable once humans first told each other about their tools
OpenAI was created to trade (literally) on the "open" in their name. Any advancements in actual technology are likely secondary to the billion fucking dollar investment (which Altman has suggested might not be enough!). It's certain they aren't here to do "science", which IME involves showing your work to others.