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OpenAI was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There’s no way this was a “ploy”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ah ok. I agree with that.