For what it’s worth “not consistently candid” is definitely a joke about the OpenAI board saying that Sam altman was “not consistently candid” with them rather than a statement of context.
Oh, you’re right, I forgot about that. But then the body of the post makes a non-joking claim that agrees with the joke:
It appears that Anthropic has made a communications decision to distance itself from the EA community, likely because of negative associations the EA brand has in some circles.
So, is the title a joke or not? Maybe it’s a joke-y reference but the point it’s trying to make is actually sincere and not a joke.
Extrapolating from these somewhat ambiguous, somewhat open to interpretation off the cuff comments to “a communications decision” just seems like jumping to conclusions.
And that’s disappointing because I was so excited to be mad!
For what it’s worth “not consistently candid” is definitely a joke about the OpenAI board saying that Sam altman was “not consistently candid” with them rather than a statement of context.
Oh, you’re right, I forgot about that. But then the body of the post makes a non-joking claim that agrees with the joke:
So, is the title a joke or not? Maybe it’s a joke-y reference but the point it’s trying to make is actually sincere and not a joke.
Extrapolating from these somewhat ambiguous, somewhat open to interpretation off the cuff comments to “a communications decision” just seems like jumping to conclusions.
And that’s disappointing because I was so excited to be mad!
I think the phrasing is probably a joke but the substance is the same as the post