It’s also notable that the topic of OpenAI nondisparagement agreements was brought to Holden Karnofsky’s attention in 2022, and he replied with “I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements; I haven’t signed one.” (He could have asked his contacts inside OAI about it, or asked the EA board member to investigate. Or even set himself up earlier as someone OpenAI employees could whistleblow to on such issues.)
If the point was to buy a ticket to play the inside game, then it was played terribly and negative credit should be assigned on that basis, and for misleading people about how prosocial OpenAI was likely to be (due to having an EA board member).
I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements; I haven’t signed one.
This can also be glomarizing. “I haven’t signed one.” is a fact, intended for the reader to use it as anecdotal evidence. “I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements” can mean that he doesn’t know for sure, and will not try to find out.
Obviously, the context of the conversation and the events surrounding Holden stating this matters for interpreting this statement, but I’m not interested in looking further into this, so I’m just going to highlight the glomarization possibility.
It’s also notable that the topic of OpenAI nondisparagement agreements was brought to Holden Karnofsky’s attention in 2022, and he replied with “I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements; I haven’t signed one.” (He could have asked his contacts inside OAI about it, or asked the EA board member to investigate. Or even set himself up earlier as someone OpenAI employees could whistleblow to on such issues.)
If the point was to buy a ticket to play the inside game, then it was played terribly and negative credit should be assigned on that basis, and for misleading people about how prosocial OpenAI was likely to be (due to having an EA board member).
This can also be glomarizing. “I haven’t signed one.” is a fact, intended for the reader to use it as anecdotal evidence. “I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements” can mean that he doesn’t know for sure, and will not try to find out.
Obviously, the context of the conversation and the events surrounding Holden stating this matters for interpreting this statement, but I’m not interested in looking further into this, so I’m just going to highlight the glomarization possibility.