Looking to do a little compare and contrast.
Du sublime au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step A quote often used to describe Napoleon, Sam Altman is making history rhyme. His cool confidence often gives an air of sublime, and as of last week, it seems he has...
I have had this same question for a while, and this is the general conclusion I've come to:
Identify the safety issues today, solve them, and then assume the safety issues scale as the technology scales, and either amp up the original solution, or develop new tactics to solve these extrapolated flaws.
This sounds a little vague, so here is an example: We see one of the big models misrepresent history in an attempt to be woke, and maybe it gives a teenager a misconception of history. So, the best thing we can do from a safety perspective is figure out how to train models to absolutely represent facts. After this is done, we... (read more)
Du sublime au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step
A quote often used to describe Napoleon, Sam Altman is making history rhyme. His cool confidence often gives an air of sublime, and as of last week, it seems he has crossed into the ridiculous. And with the ridiculous, the irrational.
Comparing his past words to the present is confusing. Reading between the lines on his corporate-bureaucratic sounding essay doesn't help much either. Anyone from an outside perspective can see the evidence. He has folded for money. But as obvious as that is, maybe he hasn't realized it himself. Or even more likely, his ego hasn't... (read 606 more words →)
No, definitely not, I didn't mean to give that impression. I think on a deeper level, when you consider why anyone does anything though, it does come down to basic instinctual desires such as the need to feel loved or the need to feel powerful. In the absence of a rational motivator, it is likely that whatever Sam Altman's primary instinct is will take over, while the ego rationalizes. So, money is maybe the result, but the real driver is likely a deep seated want of power or status.