OpenAI shift to for-profit company may lead it to cut corners, says whistleblower

theguardian.com

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Summary

William Saunders is a former research engineer at OpenAI. He said he was concerned by reports that the ChatGPT developer was preparing to change its corporate structure.

Saunders said a purely for-profit entity may not distribute its proceeds back to society if it develops technology that makes a number of jobs obsolete.

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Seriously though, does this shock anyone? I feel like this is why everyone is angry at them with the bait-and-switch

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Not one bit. It's what they ousted him for in the first place. His PR team won that day.

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And people lapped it up

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blackbeardsship

This probably speaks to the departure of the high level employees as well

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It's all downhill from here

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blackbeardsship

Can't come soon enough honestly

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I hope this is the start of its downfall. Stupid misdirection on his part.

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I think they're seeing the writing on the wall before the house of cards falls