Worth noting that Sam Altman has a history of hostile power plays e.g. at reddit
Paul Graham has written multiple times about Sam’s thirst/skill for power:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-manifest-destiny
http://paulgraham.com/fundraising.html
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1726248463355281633
This is wonderfully written, thank you.
I do worry that “further division and tribal warfare” seems the default, unless there’s an active effort at reconciliation.
Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) tweets things like:
LessWrong compares OpenAI with Phillip Morris and, in general, seems very critical of OpenAI. “I’ve seen a lot more public criticism lately”.
I doubt that it’s actually good to have this strong division, and it might have positive EV to try to move into a more cooperative direction, and try to lower the temperature and divisiveness.
Hearing Altman talk about safety reminds me of Sam Bankman-Fried testifying in congress that FTX was all about protecting consumers, their main goal was risk management, and they strongly supported regulation.