Interesting take on what is considered an “EA org”, I think I was talking cross purposes a little. I agree absurd might be too strong a word.
I completely agree EA has been influential in founding OAI, and developing key technologies, and that some of the staff are motivated by EA principles, and that their roles are listed on the 80k job board (which personally I don’t agree with but that’s a whole nother discussion).
My (relatively uninformed) take is that EAs were at least a significant part of OpenAI’s foundation and growth, but now the vast majority of EAs (I would guess 60-80%) would consider OpenAI’s existence quite a significant net negative to the world and so it would no longer be considered an “EA org”, even if it was at some stage.
Would be an interesting thing to do a poll on actually, @Nathan Young ? “Do you consider OpenAI to be an “EA Organisation”.
Interesting take on what is considered an “EA org”, I think I was talking cross purposes a little. I agree absurd might be too strong a word.
I completely agree EA has been influential in founding OAI, and developing key technologies, and that some of the staff are motivated by EA principles, and that their roles are listed on the 80k job board (which personally I don’t agree with but that’s a whole nother discussion).
My (relatively uninformed) take is that EAs were at least a significant part of OpenAI’s foundation and growth, but now the vast majority of EAs (I would guess 60-80%) would consider OpenAI’s existence quite a significant net negative to the world and so it would no longer be considered an “EA org”, even if it was at some stage.
Would be an interesting thing to do a poll on actually, @Nathan Young ?
“Do you consider OpenAI to be an “EA Organisation”.