@VraserX: Paul Christiano joined OpenAI’s board while publicly saying the industry, including OpenAI, is not currently on track t…
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Paul Christiano has joined OpenAI's board while publicly stating that the AI industry, including OpenAI, is not adequately addressing catastrophic risks.
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Paul Christiano joined OpenAI’s board while publicly saying the industry, including OpenAI, is not currently on track to reduce catastrophic loss-of-control risk enough.
That’s not a comfortable endorsement.
Which is probably exactly why having him on the board matters.
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