The main questions in my mind are the extent to which public opinion (in the tech sphere and beyond) will swing against OpenAI in the midst of all this, and the extent to which it will matter. There’s potential for real headway here—public opinion can be strong.
My sense is that public opinion has already been swinging against the AI industry (not just OpenAI), and that this is a good and righteous way to slow down reckless AGI ‘progress’ (i.e. the hubris of the AI industry driving humanity off a cliff).
Maybe I already had a pretty dim view, but this incident did not update me about his character personally (whereas “sign a lifetime nondisparagement agreement within 60 days or lose all of your previously earned equity” did surprise me a bit).
I did update negatively on his competency/PR skills though.
The main questions in my mind are the extent to which public opinion (in the tech sphere and beyond) will swing against OpenAI in the midst of all this, and the extent to which it will matter. There’s potential for real headway here—public opinion can be strong.
My sense is that public opinion has already been swinging against the AI industry (not just OpenAI), and that this is a good and righteous way to slow down reckless AGI ‘progress’ (i.e. the hubris of the AI industry driving humanity off a cliff).
Maybe I already had a pretty dim view, but this incident did not update me about his character personally (whereas “sign a lifetime nondisparagement agreement within 60 days or lose all of your previously earned equity” did surprise me a bit).
I did update negatively on his competency/PR skills though.
Along what axis might there be headway?
Regulation, probably, mostly