Makes sense; it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s what’s happening. I think this perhaps understates the degree to which the attempts at capture were mutual—a theory of change where OPP gives money to OpenAI in exchange for a board seat and the elevation of safety-conscious employees at OpenAI seems like a pretty good way to have an effect. [This still leaves the question of how OPP assesses safety-consciousness.]
I should also note find the ‘nondisparagement agreements’ people have signed with OpenAI somewhat troubling because it means many people with high context will not be writing comments like Adam Scholl’s above if they wanted to, and so the absence of evidence is not as much evidence of absence as one would hope.
Makes sense; it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s what’s happening. I think this perhaps understates the degree to which the attempts at capture were mutual—a theory of change where OPP gives money to OpenAI in exchange for a board seat and the elevation of safety-conscious employees at OpenAI seems like a pretty good way to have an effect. [This still leaves the question of how OPP assesses safety-consciousness.]
I should also note find the ‘nondisparagement agreements’ people have signed with OpenAI somewhat troubling because it means many people with high context will not be writing comments like Adam Scholl’s above if they wanted to, and so the absence of evidence is not as much evidence of absence as one would hope.
Does everyone who work at OpenAI sign a non-disparagement agreement? (Including those who work on governance/policy?)