I just realized that Paul Christiano and Dario Amodei both probably have signed non-disclosure + non-disparagement contracts since they both left OpenAI.
That impacts how I’d interpret Paul’s (and Dario’s) claims and opinions (or the lack thereof), that relates to OpenAI or alignment proposals entangled with what OpenAI is doing. If Paul has systematically silenced himself, and a large amount of OpenPhil and SFF money has been mis-allocated because of systematically skewed beliefs that these organizations have had due to Paul’s opinions or lack thereof, well. I don’t think this is the case though—I expect Paul, Dario, and Holden all seem to have converged on similar beliefs (whether they track reality or not) and have taken actions consistent with those beliefs.
I don’t know the answer, but it would be fun to have a twitter comment with a zillion likes asking Sam Altman this question. Maybe someone should make one?
I just realized that Paul Christiano and Dario Amodei both probably have signed non-disclosure + non-disparagement contracts since they both left OpenAI.
That impacts how I’d interpret Paul’s (and Dario’s) claims and opinions (or the lack thereof), that relates to OpenAI or alignment proposals entangled with what OpenAI is doing. If Paul has systematically silenced himself, and a large amount of OpenPhil and SFF money has been mis-allocated because of systematically skewed beliefs that these organizations have had due to Paul’s opinions or lack thereof, well. I don’t think this is the case though—I expect Paul, Dario, and Holden all seem to have converged on similar beliefs (whether they track reality or not) and have taken actions consistent with those beliefs.
Can anybody confirm whether Paul is likely systematically silenced re OpenAI?
I mean, if Paul doesn’t confirm that he is not under any non-disparagement obligations to OpenAI like Cullen O’ Keefe did, we have our answer.
In fact, given this asymmetry of information situation, it makes sense to assume that Paul is under such an obligation until he claims otherwise.
I don’t know the answer, but it would be fun to have a twitter comment with a zillion likes asking Sam Altman this question. Maybe someone should make one?
https://x.com/panickssery/status/1792586407623393435
Mhhh, that seems very bad for someone in an AISI in general. I’d guess Jade Leung might sadly be under the same obligations…
That seems like a huge deal to me with disastrous consequences, thanks a lot for flagging.