the board really, truly has no idea what they're doing
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OpenAI’s Chartered Mission Sparks Debate Among Enthusiasts
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I dunno either – I just know it's OpenAI's chartered mission. Some people are really into it.
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Steve Jobs 1985-1997 Board Scenario Speedrun World Record
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Speedrunning the Steve Jobs 1985 -> 1997 Fire The Board scenario. (27h world record)
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Meta and DeepMind’s AGI Research Efforts Compared
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That's true – lots of awesome research for those folks. But Meta isn't working on AGI, are they? I guess some bits of DeepMind are though?..
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Fast.ai founders on accidentally creating AGI through research
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Yeah Rachel and I have always said, since the day we started http://
fast.ai, that we aren't trying to build AGI, but that we think it's more likely we'll help accidentally create it compared to those people who are actually focussing on it! -
AGI Research Talent: The Competitive Edge for Organizations
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Their edge will be all the talent they'll get that wants to work on AGI research. The true believers will cost less too. Where else are you gonna go if you want to focus on AGI research?
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AI Systems Risk Endless Growth Without Mission Progress
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Otherwise it seems like they'll end up in a forever loop of growing and growing, but with no particular reason to believe they're actually getting closer to achieving their mission.
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OpenAI’s $1B AGI Bet: Success or Strategic Rethink?
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If they achieve AGI that's moot, right? I don't think they will; but the reason they created the commercial entity was to raise the $1b they thought they needed to have a crack at this. If they can't succeed with $1b, the project failed. Maybe best to step away and rethink then
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Product Improvement Without Mission Progress in AI Organizations
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Yup great job of iterative product improvement. People at most companies would be proud of that. Not really anything much to show towards achieving the organization's mission however.
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OpenAI’s funding and leadership focus on beneficial AGI development
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The idea that "OpenAI’s leadership coup could slam brakes on growth" makes no sense to me. @OpenAI is now the most well-funded AI research lab in the world, by far, and is totally focussed on developing beneficial AGI. Hasn't p(success) *increased*?