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OpenAI's Misalignment Framework: A Tactical Bid to Preempt Global AI Governance

41 points · 91 comments · ghernando

  1. pcestrada · · focus · HN ↗
    OpenAI and Anthropic should be nationalized. I find it difficult to trust Sam Altman or Dario Amodei.
    1. indymike · · focus · HN ↗
      I find it even harder to trust elected leaders from any party. At least Sam and Dario are aligned with a value set that is understood and clear, whereas political leaders values changes as do the polls their livelihood depends on changes.
      1. jsrozner · · focus · HN ↗
        No system of governance can deal with immense concentration of power. The US Constitution was about separation of powers. Democracy is about (in theory at least) giving each person a meaningful say in their own governance, which in turn implies not allowing any single person to become too powerful.

        Political leaders become a problem when they amass too much power. Corporations become a problem when they amass too much power. It doesn't matter what Sam and Dario's purported values are. They aspire to power and absolutely power always corrupts absolutely.

        Technologies which are infinitely powerful or whose power grows too quickly outrun any reasonable attempt at regulation. If you imagine that tomorrow everyone were given a tank, we might think, "alright, everyone has a tank so it's not too bad." But humans are squishy, and our houses are (relatively) squishy compared to tanks. Substantial collateral damage would result from everyone having a tank, and it seems likely that substantial collateral damage will result from everyone having a cyberterrorism-capable slop machine.

        1. throwaway13337 · · focus · HN ↗
          Nearly everyone in the US has a giant car that is basically a tank.

          They are dangerous. But it’s managed.

          Centralized power never works. We have the worst times in history to look at.

          Nationalization just centralizes to a different set of people. It’s personal ownership or oppression.

          We all need open weight R2D2s.

          1. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗

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