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>>isaacf+(OP)
This seems an important article, if for no other reason than it brings the betrayal of its foundational claim still brazenly present in OpenAI's name from the obscurity of HN comments going back years into the public light and the mainstream.

They've achieved marvellous things, OpenAI, but the pivot and long-standing refusal to deal with it honestly leaves an unpleasant taste, and doesn't bode well for the future, especially considering the enormous ethical implications of advantage in the field they are leading.

>>mellos+pe
To quote Spaceballs, they're not doing it for money, they're doing it for a shitload of money.

>>ripper+yr
OpenAI, if successful, will likely become the most valuable company in the history of the planet, both past and future.

>>93po+7N
Really? I see a lot of competition in the space. I think they’d have to become significantly more successful than their competitors (some of which are massive AI powerhouses themselves) to achieve the market dominance necessary.

>>ratorx+fS
I think what GP is saying is that success of OpenAI means making a lot of profit, and then triggering the AI apocalypse - which is how they become most valuable company in history both past and future.

>>TeMPOr+1T
Can you elaborate, what is "the AI apocalypse"? Is it just a symbolic metaphor or is there any scientific research behind this words? For me it's rather more unpredictable toxic environment we observe in the world currently, dominated by purely human-made destructive decisions, often based on purely animal instincts.

>>novaRo+bY
If the assertion that GPT-3 is a "stochastic parrot" is wrong, there will be an apocalypse because whoever controls an AI that can reason is going to win it all.

The opinions that it is or isn't "reasoning" are widely varied and depend heavily on interpretation of the interactions, many of which are hersey.

My own testing with OpenAI calls + using Weaviate for storing historical data of exchanges indicates that such a beast appears to have the ability to learn as it goes. I've been able to teach such a system to write valid SQL from plain text feedback and from mistakes it makes by writing errors from the database back into Weaviate (which is then used to modify the prompt next time it runs).