I am very curious how you think about this post in retrospect: parts of it seem clearly falsified. I completely understand if you currently feel bound by a non-disparagement clause and expect it to be a few weeks before that can be confirmed to no longer apply.
If the question is whether I think they were true at time given the information I have now, I think all of the individual points hold up except for the first and third “opinions”. I am now less sure about what OpenAI leadership believed or cared about. The last of the “opinions” also seems potentially overstated. Consequently, the overall thrust now seems off, but I still think it was good to share my views at the time, to start a discussion.
If the question is about the state of the organization now, I know less about that because I haven’t worked there in over a year. But the organization has certainly changed a lot since this post was written over 18 months ago.
He has also explicitly told people not to expect candor from him on this issue until the situation changes. That the binding is no longer part of a contract, as opposed to implicit threat, seems of little relevance.
I think a few of Jacob’s “Personal opinions” now seem less accurate than they did previously. (And perhaps Jacob no longer endorses “Opinion: OpenAI is a great place to work to reduce existential risk from AI.”)
I am very curious how you think about this post in retrospect: parts of it seem clearly falsified. I completely understand if you currently feel bound by a non-disparagement clause and expect it to be a few weeks before that can be confirmed to no longer apply.
If the question is whether I think they were true at time given the information I have now, I think all of the individual points hold up except for the first and third “opinions”. I am now less sure about what OpenAI leadership believed or cared about. The last of the “opinions” also seems potentially overstated. Consequently, the overall thrust now seems off, but I still think it was good to share my views at the time, to start a discussion.
If the question is about the state of the organization now, I know less about that because I haven’t worked there in over a year. But the organization has certainly changed a lot since this post was written over 18 months ago.
Hilton has posted on Twitter that he is no longer bound: https://x.com/JacobHHilton/status/1794090554730639591
https://x.com/JacobHHilton/status/1794090561294467074
He has also explicitly told people not to expect candor from him on this issue until the situation changes. That the binding is no longer part of a contract, as opposed to implicit threat, seems of little relevance.
None of it seems falsified to me.
I think a few of Jacob’s “Personal opinions” now seem less accurate than they did previously. (And perhaps Jacob no longer endorses “Opinion: OpenAI is a great place to work to reduce existential risk from AI.”)