The DOJ should be looking into prosecuting executives and board members for these kinds of hacks. The lack of controls over these kinds of training runs is completely unacceptable and negligent.
With how much the overinflated stocks are propping up the economy, I'd expect them to get a medal for more impressive PR to keep the bubble going.
I think we need laws that hold individuals to account for the actions of their AI systems.
They also shouldn't be allowed to openly stir fear in the public by saying there is a 70% chance we're going to be extinct in two years without STRONG substantiation. Baseless clout-chasing social media posts like this are doing unheard of amounts of damage right now.
Yeah, man, we should just make it illegal to express our opinions in public. Also we should apply social pressure to prevent employees from saying things that would be inconvenient for their employer, that's highly pro-social.
Furthermore, this sort of rhetoric is not only extremist and will result in terrible regulatory outcomes, but it results in real physical harm, because plenty of psychopaths hear this stuff and go and murder people as a result. Sam Altman's house getting firebombed multiple times is an example.
It's fine to speak your mind if you can present a fruitful evidenced argument, but not if you're just throwing out chaos to incite the public into a flurry.
Two big reasons.
OpenAI has more data, and more ability to tease secrets of politicians out of that data than nearly anyone on earth.
OpenAI has an automated hacking genie that governments want to use against their enemies.
Sam to Trump: "You know, some people have been saying they want to bring charges against me, but you know, I've got the best digital weapons and I'll give you access to them if those lawsuits go away".
If we're going full dystopic Big brother, can we at least get flying cars?
??? The redacted files contained damning evidence about him in them.
politicians care about popularity only. this is a matter of natural selection. don't care about popularity=dead.
sam altman is despised, viscerally despised by all ages. model owners are hated by the public.
i wouldn't rule out an investigation or takeover.