Yes, if the departing people thought OpenAI was plausibly about to destroy humanity in the near future due to a specific development, they would presumably break the NDAs, unless they thought it would not do any good. So we can update on that.
Thanks for pointing that out—it hadn’t occurred to me that there’s a silver lining here in terms of making the shortest timelines seem less likely.
On another note, I think it’s important to recognize that even if all ex-employees are released from the non-disparagement clauses and the threat of equity clawback, they still have very strong financial incentives against saying negative things about the company. We know that most of them are moved by that, because that was the threat that got them to sign the exit docs.
I’m not really faulting them for that! Financial security for yourself and your family is an extremely hard thing to turn down. But we still need to see whatever statements ex-employees make with an awareness that for every person who speaks out, there might have been more if not for those incentives.
Thanks for pointing that out—it hadn’t occurred to me that there’s a silver lining here in terms of making the shortest timelines seem less likely.
On another note, I think it’s important to recognize that even if all ex-employees are released from the non-disparagement clauses and the threat of equity clawback, they still have very strong financial incentives against saying negative things about the company. We know that most of them are moved by that, because that was the threat that got them to sign the exit docs.
I’m not really faulting them for that! Financial security for yourself and your family is an extremely hard thing to turn down. But we still need to see whatever statements ex-employees make with an awareness that for every person who speaks out, there might have been more if not for those incentives.