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OpenAI was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff::Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before CEO Sam Altman’s sacking

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 123 points 2 years ago

So staff requested the board take action, then those same staff threatened to quit because the board took action?

That doesn't add up.

[-] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 110 points 2 years ago

The whole thing sounds like some cockamamie plot derived from chatgpt itself. Corporate America is completely detached from the real world.

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's exactly what it is. A ploy for free attention and it's working.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

There’s no way this was a “ploy”.

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

ploy
/ploi/
noun
a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

Except for the cunning part it seems to be a pretty good description.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

There’s no way the board members tarnished their reputations and lost their jobs so they could get attention for a company they no longer work for and don’t have a stake in. That’s just silly.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don’t think the firing was a ploy, but I do think the retroactive justification of ‘we were building a model so powerful it scared us’ is a ploy to drum up hype. Just like all the other times they’ve said the same thing.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Ah ok. I agree with that.

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