But the discussion of “repercussions” before there’s been an investigation goes into pure-scapegoating territory if you ask me.
Just to be clear, OP themselves seem to think that what they are saying will have little effect on the status quo. They literally called it “Very Spicy Take”. Their intention was to allow them to express how they felt about the situation. I’m not sure why you find this threatening, because again, the people they think ideally wouldn’t continue to have influence over AI safety related decisions are incredibly influential and will very likely continue to have the influence they currently possess. Almost everyone else in this thread implicitly models this fact as they are discussing things related to the OP comment.
There is not going to be any scapegoating that will occur. I imagine that everything I say is something I would say in person to the people involved, or to third parties, and not expect any sort of coordinated action to reduce their influence—they are that irreplaceable to the community and to the ecosystem.
So basically, I think it is a bad idea and you think we can’t do it anyway. In that case let’s stop calling for it, and call for something more compassionate and realistic like a public apology.
I’ll bet an apology would be a more effective way to pressure OpenAI to clean up its act anyways. Which is a better headline—“OpenAI cofounder apologizes for their role in creating OpenAI”, or some sort of internal EA movement drama? If we can generate a steady stream of negative headlines about OpenAI, there’s a chance that Sam is declared too much of a PR and regulatory liability. I don’t think it’s a particularly good plan, but I haven’t heard a better one.
Just to be clear, OP themselves seem to think that what they are saying will have little effect on the status quo. They literally called it “Very Spicy Take”. Their intention was to allow them to express how they felt about the situation. I’m not sure why you find this threatening, because again, the people they think ideally wouldn’t continue to have influence over AI safety related decisions are incredibly influential and will very likely continue to have the influence they currently possess. Almost everyone else in this thread implicitly models this fact as they are discussing things related to the OP comment.
There is not going to be any scapegoating that will occur. I imagine that everything I say is something I would say in person to the people involved, or to third parties, and not expect any sort of coordinated action to reduce their influence—they are that irreplaceable to the community and to the ecosystem.
So basically, I think it is a bad idea and you think we can’t do it anyway. In that case let’s stop calling for it, and call for something more compassionate and realistic like a public apology.
I’ll bet an apology would be a more effective way to pressure OpenAI to clean up its act anyways. Which is a better headline—“OpenAI cofounder apologizes for their role in creating OpenAI”, or some sort of internal EA movement drama? If we can generate a steady stream of negative headlines about OpenAI, there’s a chance that Sam is declared too much of a PR and regulatory liability. I don’t think it’s a particularly good plan, but I haven’t heard a better one.