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OpenAI was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff::Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before CEO Sam Altman’s sacking

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 111 points 1 year ago (15 children)

So staff requested the board take action, then those same staff threatened to quit because the board took action?

That doesn't add up.

[–] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago (12 children)

The whole thing sounds like some cockamamie plot derived from chatgpt itself. Corporate America is completely detached from the real world.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

That's exactly what it is. A ploy for free attention and it's working.

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s no way this was a “ploy”.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ploy
/ploi/
noun
a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

Except for the cunning part it seems to be a pretty good description.

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There’s no way the board members tarnished their reputations and lost their jobs so they could get attention for a company they no longer work for and don’t have a stake in. That’s just silly.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think the firing was a ploy, but I do think the retroactive justification of ‘we were building a model so powerful it scared us’ is a ploy to drum up hype. Just like all the other times they’ve said the same thing.

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Ah ok. I agree with that.

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