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>>JimDab+(OP)
I don’t quite buy your Cyberpunk utopia where the Megacorp finally rids us of those pesky ethics qualms (or ”shackles“, as you phrased it.) Microsoft can now proceed without the guidance of a council that actually has humanities interests in mind, not only those of Microsoft shareholders. I don’t know whether all that caution will turn out to have been necessary, but I guess we’re just gleefully heading into whatever lies ahead without any concern whatsoever, and learn it the hard way.

It’s a bit tragic that Ilya and company achieved the exact opposite of what they intended apparently, by driving those they attempted to slow down into the arms of people with more money and less morals. Well.

>>9dev+w9
I am not claiming how right or wrong the final outcome would be, but owning the technology with a clear "for-profit" objective is definitely a better structure for Microsoft and for Sam Altman as well (considering, his plans for the future). I have no opinion on AI risk. I just think that a super valuable technology under a non-profit objective was simply an untenable structure, regardless of potential threats.

>>shubha+Se
This is precisely the problem OpenAI aimed to solve: This technology cannot be treated independently of the potential risks involved.

I agree that this solution seems beneficial for both Microsoft and Sam Altman, but it reflects poorly on society if we simply accept this version of the story without criticism.

>>9dev+Cf
Yeah but this was caused by the OpenAI board when they fired him. I mean, what did they think was going to happen?

Seems like a textbook case of letting the best be the enemy of the good.

>>disgru+qn
Perhaps this is why they fired him.

Although IMO MS has consistently been a technological tarpit. Whatever AI comes out of this arrangement will be a thin shadow of what it might have been.

>>TheOth+qq
MSFT is a technological tarpit?

Mate... Just because you don't bat perfect doesn't make you a tarpit.

MSFT is a technological powerhouse. They have absolutely killed it since they were founded. They have defined personal computing for multiple generations and more or less made the word 'software' something spoken occasionally at kitchen tables vs people saying 'soft-what?'

Definitely not a tarpit. You are throwing out whole villages of babies because of some various nasty bathwater over the years.

The picture is bigger. So much crucial tech from MSFT. Remains true today.

>>noprom+gt
"Innovation" through anti-trust isn't "killing it".