OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)
from BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to technology@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 2024 08:43
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thingsiplay@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 2024 09:23 next collapse

I’m afraid about every person who has power, not only the dumb ones. Either smart people with bad intentions or dumb people with power. The chance that a powerful person is smart and has good intentions is rare.

realitista@lemm.ee on 04 Aug 2024 10:41 next collapse

The only way to get this rich is by exploiting others and almost definitely breaking laws. These people all have a screw loose somewhere.

Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de on 04 Aug 2024 11:32 next collapse

Good intentions alone don’t guarantee good outcomes. I suggest not giving any single person or entity too much power, no matter who they are.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Aug 2024 16:00 collapse

How about having seven fossils in robes judging a nation of millions?

Juice@midwest.social on 04 Aug 2024 20:34 collapse

You see real democracy is when you subvert the will of the people and call it “checks and balances”.

lvxferre@mander.xyz on 04 Aug 2024 12:46 collapse

I’m afraid of both, too, but if I had to choose:

  • evil but smart people only harm you when it benefits them
  • dumb but good people harm you all the time

As such I see the later as far more dangerous. Although there’s an even worse group, that Altman likely belongs to - the dumb but evil ones.

un_aristocrate@jlai.lu on 04 Aug 2024 09:51 next collapse

I’m not sure OpenAI has such a big a head start as we think in the field. What they have is a lot of money to train large models but Moore’s law is still alive and kicking.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Aug 2024 01:49 collapse

Lying scumbag liar.

Edit:

US Senator Kyrsten Sinema gushed: “I’ve never met anyone as smart as Sam… He’s an introvert and shy and humble… But… very good at forming relationships with people on the Hill and… can help folks in government understand AI.”

When a complete piece of shit is singing your praises, my shithead meter goes way up.