Listened to the whole podcast.
I used to think that openai kinda sussy, but this makes me think they're strategy is doing the good quite a bit.
key points that made me think this:
-releasing chatgpt gets lots of attention onto the topic - specifically of the gov too. more Gov attention on ai good so they can start thinking about their policy thingy.
-Capped profit model
-Their strat to make mistakes while stakes are low.
-Letting people adapt to the world with LLM assistants.
Great stuff Emrik!! I found value with this in my personal relationships :heart:
a point this reminds me of (which animal welfare cause area is being rekt on rn) may be the expected pushback. Animal advocacy orgs are smol (so is ai safety) in comarison to animal AG (or ai techies)
Having a small regulatory win (ex. Califonia's prop 12 which banned caged eggs / crated pork from being sold in CA) Has now lead to HUGE pushback from big animal AG (EATS Act - if passed will prohibit/undo basically all legistlature from states/counties reguarding regulations on animal ag products - currently has a really good shot at passing)
Animal advocacy orgs currently do not have much capacity to face up big AG toe to toe. If they had waited from passing regulations to build up their community more, maybe odds would be better(a serious trade-off as waiting means more low welfare).
Can ai safety orgs withstand the backlash that ai big techies benefiters of unregulated ai (MS, GOOG) might bring to crush their attempts at regulation?