That’s the most exciting development from the whole thing.

I, for one, am shocked that people committing a genocide aren’t respecting a ceasefire.

I happened to still have the page open

NOTE TO READERS

I did not originate this text. It came from https://board.net/p/r.e6a8f6578787a4cc67d4dc438c6d236e but that has fallen over. This is an archive for readability’s sake.

11/21/2023

To the Board of Directors of OpenAI:

We are writing to you today to express our deep concern about the recent events at OpenAI, particularly the allegations of misconduct against Sam Altman.

We are former OpenAI employees who left the company during a period of significant turmoil and upheaval. As you have now witnessed what happens when you dare stand up to Sam Altman, perhaps you can understand why so many of us have remained silent for fear of repercussions. We can no longer stand by silent.

We believe that the Board of Directors has a duty to investigate these allegations thoroughly and take appropriate action. We urge you to:

Expand the scope of Emmett's investigation to include an examination of Sam Altman's actions since August 2018, when OpenAI began transitioning from a non-profit to a for-profit entity.

Issue an open call for private statements from former OpenAI employees who resigned, were placed on medical leave, or were terminated during this period.

Protect the identities of those who come forward to ensure that they are not subjected to retaliation or other forms of harm.

We believe that a significant number of OpenAI employees were pushed out of the company to facilitate its transition to a for-profit model. This is evidenced by the fact that OpenAI’s employee attrition rate between January 2018 and July 2020 was in the order of 50%.

Throughout our time at OpenAI, we witnessed a disturbing pattern of deceit and manipulation by Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, driven by their insatiable pursuit of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Their methods, however, have raised serious doubts about their true intentions and the extent to which they genuinely prioritize the benefit of all humanity.

Many of us, initially hopeful about OpenAI’s mission, chose to give Sam and Greg the benefit of the doubt. However, as their actions became increasingly concerning, those who dared to voice their concerns were silenced or pushed out. This systematic silencing of dissent created an environment of fear and intimidation, effectively stifling any meaningful discussion about the ethical implications of OpenAI’s work.

We provide concrete examples of Sam and Greg’s dishonesty & manipulation including:

Sam's demand for researchers to delay reporting progress on specific "secret" research initiatives, which were later dismantled for failing to deliver sufficient results quickly enough. Those who questioned this practice were dismissed as "bad culture fits" and even terminated, some just before Thanksgiving 2019.

Greg's use of discriminatory language against a gender-transitioning team member. Despite many promises to address this issue, no meaningful action was taken, except for Greg simply avoiding all communication with the affected individual, effectively creating a hostile work environment. This team member was eventually terminated for alleged under-performance.

Sam directing IT and Operations staff to conduct investigations into employees, including Ilya, without the knowledge or consent of management.

Sam's discreet, yet routine exploitation of OpenAI's non-profit resources to advance his personal goals, particularly motivated by his grudge against Elon following their falling out.

The Operations team's tacit acceptance of the special rules that applied to Greg, navigating intricate requirements to avoid being blacklisted.

Brad Lightcap's unfulfilled promise to make public the documents detailing OpenAI's capped-profit structure and the profit cap for each investor.

Sam's incongruent promises to research projects for compute quotas, causing internal distrust and infighting.

Despite the mounting evidence of Sam and Greg’s transgressions, those who remain at OpenAI continue to blindly follow their leadership, even at significant personal cost. This unwavering loyalty stems from a combination of fear of retribution and the allure of potential financial gains through OpenAI’s profit participation units.

The governance structure of OpenAI, specifically designed by Sam and Greg, deliberately isolates employees from overseeing the for-profit operations, precisely due to their inherent conflicts of interest. This opaque structure enables Sam and Greg to operate with impunity, shielded from accountability.

We urge the Board of Directors of OpenAI to take a firm stand against these unethical practices and launch an independent investigation into Sam and Greg’s conduct. We believe that OpenAI’s mission is too important to be compromised by the personal agendas of a few individuals.

We implore you, the Board of Directors, to remain steadfast in your commitment to OpenAI’s original mission and not succumb to the pressures of profit-driven interests. The future of artificial intelligence and the well-being of humanity depend on your unwavering commitment to ethical leadership and transparency.

Sincerely,

Concerned Former OpenAI Employees Contact

We encourage former OpenAI employees to contact us at [email protected]. We personally guarantee everyone’s anonymity in any internal deliberations and public communications. Further Updates

Updates will be posted at https://board.net/p/r.e6a8f6578787a4cc67d4dc438c6d236e Further Reading for the General Public

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/17/844721/ai-openai-moonshot-elon-musk-sam-altman-greg-brockman-messy-secretive-reality/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-chaos/676050/

https://twitter.com/geoffreyirving/status/1726754277618491416

lol sounds about right

What are you talking about? This isn’t a response to me nor OP, this isn’t even a response you posted in this thread, and your response is no longer even listed on the source article thread. You are just throwing insults faster than you can read, apparently.

I notice you completely avoided addressing the content of the response. Not sure how it’s my fault it’s no longer visible.

am entitled to my opinions, which I substantiated

Except you haven’t substantiated your opinions, you just stated nonsense and except it to be treated seriously.

I’m criticizing that none of your posts contains anything of substance other than insults.

Why do you feel the need to keep lying like this. I literally just linked you to my post containing a detailed sourced explanation.

If you cannot tolerate comments about China, from someone who spends a fair amount of their time and life there, I guess you can just block me? Bye.

Love how you throw out the argument from authority there instead of actually saying anything of substance. Bye.

They don’t even talk about trying to push him left anymore, now it’s just vote for the less overt fascist.

I hope that one day you bother to actually learned what Canada does to the native population.

Not only have I made an argument, I even provided detailed sources supporting it https://lemmy.ml/comment/5942658

Meanwhile, you provided a wikipedia link to autocracy and then said that’s what Chinese system is which is what actual trolling in this thread is. Every time there’s a thread about China, you crawl out of your hole to spread misinformation on the subject. Evidently this is a passion of yours.

Then when you’re called out on your bullshit, you start gas lighting and acting as if you’re the reasonable party in the discussion. You’re not fooling anybody with this act of yours. I’ve tried engaging in constructive discourse you before, and quickly realized that you have absolutely no interest in having any sort of constructive discourse. All you do is lie and gas light. That’s what makes you a troll.

Ultimately what really matters is wet bulb temperature. When the combination of hit and humidity hits the point where the body can no longer cool itself by sweating, then people just die.

First Nations people would like to disagree with you there bud. Canada still occupies unceded native land, regularly does raids on First Nations sovereign territory, and has been running concentration camps for kids in form of residential schools into late 80s. Canada is one of the most deplorable apartheid regimes in the world today.

imagine being a Canadian and bleating about human rights abuses in Qatar while this shit is happening in Canada 🤡

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/6/migrant-workers-in-canada-vulnerable-to-modern-day-slavery-un-expert
• https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/06/17/i-didnt-feel-human-there/immigration-detention-canada-and-its-impact-mental

I’ve been told that I’ve gotten pretty good at wildlife photography, and I do it because I enjoy the experience.

The fact that you think your comment was on topic is really the cherry on the cake here. Perhaps you really don’t realize you’re a troll.

Given the massive downvotes, it’s pretty clear this is what a lot of people here think completely unironically.

Do you consider it normal to spend your time doing obvious trolling? Kind of hilarious that a person who has an urge to jump into a thread to spread misinformation would talk about violent, unhinged and irrelevant response. Seems like you’re doing a bit of projecting there bud.

That’s still a completely baseless assertion as I’ve explained in detail down in this thread.

Sure, but that’s generally ignored by company owners and investors. All companies try to do is to maximize profit for each quarter, this tends to be the singular metric which is completely at odds with any sort of long term planning.

LMFAO the only people who call China a dictatorship are racist weirdos from the west who couldn’t find China on the map. Here’s what people actually living in China have to say https://web.archive.org/web/20230511041927/https://6389062.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6389062/Canva images/Democracy Perception Index 2023.pdf

China is absolutely not an autocracy. Here are a few resources on how the system actually works in China, and if you think that’s an autocracy then you really have no clue what autocracy is.

• https://news.cgtn.com/event/2019/whorunschina/index.html
• https://news.cgtn.com/event/2021/who-runs-the-cpc/index.html

Here’s how elections work in China https://nitter.net/thinking_panda/status/1305784641262026752

Turns out, people actually living in China see their system as a democracy, pretty sure they have a better idea of what their system is than you do

• https://web.archive.org/web/20230511041927/https://6389062.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6389062/Canva images/Democracy Perception Index 2023.pdf
• https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-26/which-nations-are-democracies-some-citizens-might-disagree
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201229132410/https://en.news-front.info/2020/06/27/studies-have-shown-that-china-is-more-democratic-than-the-united-states-russia-is-nearby-and-ukraine-is-at-the-bottom/

In fact, far more people in China see their system as being democratic than in any western nation.

A Harvard study also shows that the government has mass popular support from the public, another phenomenon we don’t see in any western nation calling itself a democracy https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/understanding-ccp-resilience-surveying-chinese-public-opinion-through-time

Maybe learn how Chinese political system actually works in China instead of just regurgitating misinformation you’ve been spoon fed by western propagandists?

We’re talking about China and not the US here bud. Nice try though, keep exposing yourself as an utter clown.