Oh yes I’m aware that he expressed this view. That’s different however from it being objectively plausible (whatever that means).
I have the feeling we’re talking past each other a bit. I’m not saying “no-one reputable thinks OpenAI is net-negative for the world”. I’m just pointing out that it’s not as clear-cut as your initial comment made it seem to me.
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To me it seems reasonable to see that as EY presuming judgement about the effects of OpenAI.
Oh yes I’m aware that he expressed this view. That’s different however from it being objectively plausible (whatever that means). I have the feeling we’re talking past each other a bit. I’m not saying “no-one reputable thinks OpenAI is net-negative for the world”. I’m just pointing out that it’s not as clear-cut as your initial comment made it seem to me.
FWIW, “plausible” sounds to me basically the same as “possibly”. So my guess is this is indeed a linguistic thing.