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1. jazzyj+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-11-22 07:59:27
The mission of OpenAI is/was "to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity" -- if your own concern is that AI will be controlled by the rich, than you can read into this mission that OpenAI wants to ensure that AI is not controlled by the rich. If your concern is that superintelligence will me mal-aligned, then you can read into this mission that OpenAI will ensure AI be well-aligned.

Really it's no more descriptive than "do good", whatever doing good means to you.

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2. jampek+xk[view] [source] 2023-11-22 10:52:47
>>jazzyj+(OP)
They have both explicated in their charter:

"We commit to use any influence we obtain over AGI’s deployment to ensure it is used for the benefit of all, and to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power.

Our primary fiduciary duty is to humanity. We anticipate needing to marshal substantial resources to fulfill our mission, but will always diligently act to minimize conflicts of interest among our employees and stakeholders that could compromise broad benefit."

"We are committed to doing the research required to make AGI safe, and to driving the broad adoption of such research across the AI community.

We are concerned about late-stage AGI development becoming a competitive race without time for adequate safety precautions. Therefore, if a value-aligned, safety-conscious project comes close to building AGI before we do, we commit to stop competing with and start assisting this project. We will work out specifics in case-by-case agreements, but a typical triggering condition might be “a better-than-even chance of success in the next two years.”"

Of course with the icons of greed and the profit machine now succeeding in their coup, OpenAI will not be doing either.

https://openai.com/charter

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