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OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'

221 points · 209 comments · cdrnsf

0c3ca83 · 1790171699 · focus · HN ↗
Yes, if the product is seen as bad for the world, it won't sell. But it's pretty bad for people, and I don't know how you'd hide that for the people being harmed.
1. thewhitetulip · 1790173545 · focus · HN ↗
  The same way Goebbels did fir Nazis
  1. ch4s3 · 1790173750 · focus · HN ↗
    Is Altman planning to annex the Sudetenland?
    palmotea · 1790174196 · focus · HN ↗
    > Is Altman planning to annex the Sudetenland?
    No, he's not a literalist throwback. But he is planning to glorify and expand his OpenAI reich.
    ch4s3 · 1790174686 · focus · HN ↗
    This is insanely hyperbolic. OepnAI is not a "reich" there is no empire here, it's a company and some data centers. They don't have paramilitary thugs, territorial ambitions, or genocidal intent. They're just a run of the mill company run by an asshole.
    jackb4040 · 1790175429 · focus · HN ↗
    > They don't have paramilitary thugs
    In many municipalities across the country they have purchased the police department, made them to sign NDAs, and had them arrest people for speaking against data centers in open forums.
    ch4s3 · 1790176222 · focus · HN ↗
    OpenAI has not purchased any police departments this is a lie.

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