> After publication, an OpenAI spokesperson sent me this statement: “We have never canceled any current or former employee’s vested equity nor will we if people do not sign a release or nondisparagement agreement when they exit.”
- Updated May 17, 2024, 11:20pm EDT
I've noticed that both Sam Altman personally, and official statements from OpenAI sound like they've been written by Aes Sedai: Not a single untrue word while simultaneously thoroughly deceptive.[1]
Let's try translating some statements, as if we were listening to an evil person that can only make true statements:
"We have never canceled any current or former employee’s vested equity" => "But we can and will if we want to. We just haven't yet."
"...if people do not sign a release or nondisparagement agreement when they exit." => "But we're making everyone sign the agreement."
[1] I've wondered if they use a not-for-public-use version of GPT for this purpose. You know, a model that's not quite as aligned as the chat bots, with more "flexible" morals.