Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
  • @tinkeringidiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45•1 year ago

    Well that puts the “Ethical Altruism” board members’ willingness to risk it all on such a wild dice roll in more context.

    It’s probably lost their entire movement any influence on the future of AI research, but them’s the breaks.

    • body_by_makeEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      Ethical altruism is a scam, a cult joined by rich people that allows them to feel good about hoarding their money.

      SBF was also a major ethical altruist