It’s a funny comment because legally Conjecture is for-profit and OpenAI is not. It just goes to show that the various internal and external pressures and incentives on an organization and its staff are not encapsulated by glancing at their legal status—see also my comment here.
Anyway, I don’t think Connor is being disingenuous in this particular comment, because he has always been an outspoken advocate for government regulation of all AGI-related companies including his own.
I don’t think it’s crazy or disingenuous in general to say “This is a terrible system, so we’re gonna loudly criticize it and advocate to change it. But meanwhile / in parallel, we’re gonna work within the system we got, and do the best we can.” And “the system we got” is that private organizations are racing to develop AGI.
It’s a funny comment because legally Conjecture is for-profit and OpenAI is not. It just goes to show that the various internal and external pressures and incentives on an organization and its staff are not encapsulated by glancing at their legal status—see also my comment here.
Anyway, I don’t think Connor is being disingenuous in this particular comment, because he has always been an outspoken advocate for government regulation of all AGI-related companies including his own.
I don’t think it’s crazy or disingenuous in general to say “This is a terrible system, so we’re gonna loudly criticize it and advocate to change it. But meanwhile / in parallel, we’re gonna work within the system we got, and do the best we can.” And “the system we got” is that private organizations are racing to develop AGI.