[ExI] alt man out

[Keith Henson]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 2:13 AM efc--- via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Based on the gossip I've seen and read I think it is due to Sam wanting to
> accelerate and earn money, and the board wanting to decelerate to choose a
> more cautious approach.
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> But who knows? ;)

By historical and Supreme Court standards, this would be malfeasance
by the board, opening them to stockholder lawsuits.

I don't think it makes much difference. The advances in AI are way out
of control.

Keith

> Best regards,
> Daniel
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> On Sat, 18 Nov 2023, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
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> > I am told Altman is a talented guy, as is Brockman.  We don’t know what went on there, but watch for both to team up with Musk and
> > Thiel, start a competitor company that will blow OpenAI’s artificial socks off.
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> > As I wrote that sentence, it occurred to me that what happened today is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s nightmare scenario.
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