So, since Altman asked so nicely, what are the most prominent examples of Altman potentially being corrupted by The Ring of Power? Here is an eightfold path.
Missing the “non-disparagement clauses enforced by PPUs allowing OpenAI to withhold equity it paid out as compensation” debacle. This is, IMO, a qualitatively different flavor of corruption. Maneuvering against Musk, stealing the non-profit, outplaying the board, being quieter on AI x-risk than he should be, not supporting regulations, the jingoist messaging – okay, none of this is good. But from a certain perspective, those are fair-play far-mode strategic moves.
Trying to get a death grip on the throats of your own employees and coworkers? That’s near-mode antisocial behavior, and is, in some ways, more indicative of the underlying character than any of the above. And unlike with the coup, it wasn’t even arguably in self-defense, it was proactive.
Missing the “non-disparagement clauses enforced by PPUs allowing OpenAI to withhold equity it paid out as compensation” debacle. This is, IMO, a qualitatively different flavor of corruption. Maneuvering against Musk, stealing the non-profit, outplaying the board, being quieter on AI x-risk than he should be, not supporting regulations, the jingoist messaging – okay, none of this is good. But from a certain perspective, those are fair-play far-mode strategic moves.
Trying to get a death grip on the throats of your own employees and coworkers? That’s near-mode antisocial behavior, and is, in some ways, more indicative of the underlying character than any of the above. And unlike with the coup, it wasn’t even arguably in self-defense, it was proactive.