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.
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.