What should we learn from OpenAI’s mistakes and broken promises?
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Claims from this post (8)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“Millions, perhaps billions, of documents likely have been taken without permission.”
Our reading: OpenAI has likely taken millions, perhaps billions, of documents without permission.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“The list above is not complete, but it shows a significant gap between the rosy rhetoric and actual reality, and in my view that gap has only grown over time, particularly over the last year or so..”
Our reading: The author's non-exhaustive list shows a significant gap between OpenAI's rosy rhetoric and reality, and in his view that gap has only grown over time, particularly over the last year or so.
No horizon
Qualifier: in my view
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“At this point, I think it is correct for the public to take everything OpenAI says with a grain of salt.”
Our reading: The public should take everything OpenAI says with a grain of salt.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“But OpenAI still have massive power, and with it a chance to screw up, and possibly put humanity at risk.”
Our reading: OpenAI has massive power and could possibly put humanity at risk.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Rhetoric
“Our government has been repeatedly complicit, treating Altman repeatedly as royalty.”
Our reading: The US government has repeatedly been complicit, repeatedly treating Altman as royalty.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“If the first lesson is specific - that OpenAI should not be fully trusted – the second lesson is general.”
Our reading: OpenAI should not be fully trusted.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Rhetoric
“Without independent scientists in the loop, with a real voice, we are lost.”
Our reading: Without independent scientists in the loop with a real voice, we are lost.
No horizon
Qualifier: without independent scientists in the loop, with a real voice
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“As I argue, in my upcoming book Taming Silicon Valley, our only real hope is if citizens speak up.”
Our reading: The only real hope for governing AI is citizens speaking up.
No horizon
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