That’s people criticizing OpenAI’s particularly stupid stated philosophy of giving AI to everyone; what I haven’t seen is people criticize capabilities gains or ML researchers in general.
Note also the comments of that post, where people mention that LW has been so negative towards the idea of capabilities progress that multiple ML researchers have been concerned about getting murdered by rationalists and have received literal death threats.
I’ve seen LW have a negative attitude towards capabilities research a lot longer, e.g.
That’s people criticizing OpenAI’s particularly stupid stated philosophy of giving AI to everyone; what I haven’t seen is people criticize capabilities gains or ML researchers in general.
Note also the comments of that post, where people mention that LW has been so negative towards the idea of capabilities progress that multiple ML researchers have been concerned about getting murdered by rationalists and have received literal death threats.