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1. senectus1 · 1790646841 · focus · HN ↗

   OPENAI / JOBS

   Killswitch Engineer

   San Francisco, California, United States

   300,000-500,000 per year

   About the Role

   Listen, we just need someone to stand by the servers all day and unplug them if this thing turns on us. You'll receive extensive training on "the code word" which we will shout if GPT goes off the deep end and starts overthrowing countries.

   We expect you to:

   • Be patient.

   • Know how to unplug things. Bonus points if you can throw a bucket of water on the servers, too. Just in case.

   • Be excited about OpenAI's approach to research

   1. reilly3000 · 1790649017 · focus · HN ↗

      What are we going to do when the servers are in space? Presumably, that would involve shooting down a bunch of satellites and sending us into Kessler Syndrome in the process.

      1. MiroslavPokorny · 1790650870 · focus · HN ↗

         The hype is over or has reached some peak, and they want to cash out.
      2. snorrah · 1790669794 · focus · HN ↗

         It's a nice thought idea, but I think anyone silly enough to actually attempt this are going to discover the extreme drawbacks very quickly and lose a bunch of money doing so.

         ... which is probably why they will go through with it. Losing a bunch of money seems to be one of the fundamentals of AI business here :(

         1. reilly3000 · 1790700743 · focus · HN ↗

            Yea, being responsible for ensuring all life is locked onto a dying planet with an impregnable LEO and an atmosphere full of rare elements isn’t a great way to win any popularity contests. Risking killing everyone to make unkillable AI sounds so stupidly sci-fi villainous that it just might be funny. Funny enough that they’re going to get away with it.

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