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OpenAI scrapped a promise to disclose key documents to the public

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614 points nickthegreek | 1 comments | 24 Jan 24 19:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.286s | source
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trinsic2 ◴[24 Jan 24 20:59 UTC] No.39122579[source]▶
Based on everything I am hearing about all the harmful uses this tech could have on society, i'm wondering if this situation is alarming enough to warrant an inquiry of some kind to determine whats going on behind the scenes.

It seems like this situation is serious enough that we cannot let this kind of work be privatized.

Not interested in entertaining all the "this is the norm" arguments, that's just an attempt at getting people to normalize this behavior.

Does anyone know if the Center of AI Safety acting for the public good and is this on their radar?

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JumpCrisscross ◴[24 Jan 24 21:04 UTC] No.39122627[source]▶
> wondering if this situation is alarming enough to warrant an inquiry of some kind to determine whats going on behind the scenes

OpenAI is making people rich and America look good, all while not doing anything obviously harmful to the public interest. They’re not a juicy target for anyone in the public sphere. If any one of those changes, OpenAI and possibly its leadership are in extremely hot water with the authorities.

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trinsic2 ◴[24 Jan 24 21:16 UTC] No.39122752[source]▶
> all while not doing anything obviously harmful to the public interest.

Yeah, gonna have to challenge that:

1. We don't really if what they are doing is harming public interest, because we dont have access to much information about whats happening behind the scenes.

2. And there is enough information about this tech that leads to the possibility of it causing systemic damage to society if its not correctly controlled.

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1. colordrops ◴[25 Jan 24 00:34 UTC] No.39124666[source]▶
OpenAI Head of Research Tal Broda deleted over 80 tweets where he openly called for genocide in Gaza, asking to "finish them" including civilians [1] [2]. If this is who is at the helm of OpenAI, it's absolutely insane to not see how the type of informational power could have serious negative implications.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Palestine/comments/18mvigw/openai_h...

[2] https://twitter.com/ArarMaher/status/1736519079102476766