I had substantial discussions with people on this, even prior to Sam Altman’s firing; every time I mentioned concerns about Sam Altman’s personal integrity, people dismissed it as paranoia.
In OpenAI’s earliest days, the EA community provided critical funds and support that allowed it to be established, despite several warning signs already having appeared regarding Sam Altman’s previous behavior at Y Combinator and Looped.
I think this is unlike the SBF situation in that there is a need for some soul-searching of the form “how did the EA community let this happen”. By contrast, there was very little need for it in the case of SBF.
Like I said, you investigate someone before giving money, not afterreceiving money. The answer to SBF is just “we never investigated him because we never needed to investigate him; the people who should have investigated him were his investors”.
With Sam Altman, there’s a serious question we need to answer here. Why did EAs choose to sink a substantial amount of capital and talent into a company run by a person with such low integrity?
I had substantial discussions with people on this, even prior to Sam Altman’s firing; every time I mentioned concerns about Sam Altman’s personal integrity, people dismissed it as paranoia.
In OpenAI’s earliest days, the EA community provided critical funds and support that allowed it to be established, despite several warning signs already having appeared regarding Sam Altman’s previous behavior at Y Combinator and Looped.
I think this is unlike the SBF situation in that there is a need for some soul-searching of the form “how did the EA community let this happen”. By contrast, there was very little need for it in the case of SBF.
Like I said, you investigate someone before giving money, not after receiving money. The answer to SBF is just “we never investigated him because we never needed to investigate him; the people who should have investigated him were his investors”.
With Sam Altman, there’s a serious question we need to answer here. Why did EAs choose to sink a substantial amount of capital and talent into a company run by a person with such low integrity?