Quick notes, a few months later: 1. Now, the alignment team was dissolved. 2. On Advocacy, I think that it might well make more sense for them to effectively lobby via Microsoft. Microsoft owns 49% of OpenAI (at least, the business part, and for some amount of profit cap, whatever that means exactly). If I were Microsoft, I’d prefer to use my well-experienced lobbyists for this sort of thing, rather than to have OpenAI (which I value mainly for their tech integration with Microsoft products), worry about it. I believe that Microsoft is lobbying heavily against AI regulation, though maybe not for many subsidies directly.
I am sympathetic to the view that OpenAI leaders think of themselves as caring about many aspects of safety, and also that they think their stances are reasonable. I’m just not very sure how many others, who are educated on this topic, would agree with them.
Quick notes, a few months later:
1. Now, the alignment team was dissolved.
2. On Advocacy, I think that it might well make more sense for them to effectively lobby via Microsoft. Microsoft owns 49% of OpenAI (at least, the business part, and for some amount of profit cap, whatever that means exactly). If I were Microsoft, I’d prefer to use my well-experienced lobbyists for this sort of thing, rather than to have OpenAI (which I value mainly for their tech integration with Microsoft products), worry about it. I believe that Microsoft is lobbying heavily against AI regulation, though maybe not for many subsidies directly.
I am sympathetic to the view that OpenAI leaders think of themselves as caring about many aspects of safety, and also that they think their stances are reasonable. I’m just not very sure how many others, who are educated on this topic, would agree with them.