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Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Commander_@alien.top to c/localllama@poweruser.forum

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[–] frownGuy12@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If the Emmet Shear is to be believed this whole thing has nothing to do with safety.

[–] Disastrous_Elk_6375@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Emmet Shear

I hadn't followed everything but a quick google away I found this, that I assume you're referring to:

PPS: Before I took the job, I checked on the reasoning behind the change. The board did not remove Sam over any specific disagreement on safety, their reasoning was completely different from that. I'm not crazy enough to take this job without board support for commercializing our awesome models.

Interesting. I think we'll know more as things settle.

[–] LosingID_583@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What was it then, sabotage? The board had the entire weekend to explain why they did what they did to their employees, but chose not to. No wonder everyone in the company was pissed and signed the letter to resign.

[–] InterstitialLove@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Whether it has to do with safety or not, Shear is seemingly more safety-conscious than Altman

Shear has said in interviews that he thinks the probability AI kills everyone in a Skynet-esque scenario (I'm paraphrasing) is between 5% and 50%

Whether recent events were motivated by safety or not, the conflict seems to have wound up being between safety-conscious and accelerationist factions