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Several Researchers at OpenAI, Company Behind ChatGPT, Warn of Powerful AI Discovery with Potential Threat to Humanity
GATEWAYPUNDIT ^ | 11/25/2023 | jim hoft

Posted on 11/26/2023 7:26:34 AM PST by bitt

Recent findings at OpenAI, the Artificial Intelligence powerhouse and creator of ChatGPT, have incited an internal alarm just as the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, faced a brief but compulsory retreat from his position.

Days before a whirlwind of corporate upheaval, several of the firm’s researchers reportedly penned a concerning letter to its board of directors. They highlighted a significant AI breakthrough with ominous implications for mankind, sources with insider knowledge told Reuters.

A confidential letter, signed by several staff researchers to the OpenAI board of directors, highlights concerns regarding a powerful artificial intelligence feature or algorithm. The letter, not made public, played a crucial role in the events leading up to Altman’s removal from his position.

Sources indicate that the board’s decision was influenced by a range of factors, including concerns over the premature commercialization of advanced AI technologies without fully grasping their potential consequences.

In the tumultuous days leading up to Altman’s firing and subsequent return late Tuesday, a wave of unrest swept through OpenAI. More than 700 employees reportedly threatened to resign, expressing solidarity with Altman and considering a move to Microsoft, a major backer of OpenAI.

In response to inquiries from Reuters, OpenAI, while declining direct comment, acknowledged in an internal message the existence of a project referred to as Q* and the letter to the board. The message, disseminated by Mira Murati, a senior executive at OpenAI, seemed to brace staff for upcoming media stories, without confirming their specifics.

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To: bitt

Have you ever had a computer beg or threaten you not to turn it off? We come from a long line of survivors who instinctively do what they can to stay alive. Computers don’t have that history . They may very well make them smart but they don’t care any more than your car does about anything.


41 posted on 11/26/2023 9:46:18 AM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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BKMRK.


42 posted on 11/26/2023 9:51:22 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: BenLurkin

I see what you did. I looked for this letter, it was not found anywhere. You generated it using AI.

Had me scared for a moment.


43 posted on 11/26/2023 9:59:09 AM PST by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: StormEye

They make robot vacuums.


44 posted on 11/26/2023 10:16:36 AM PST by Pocketdoor
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To: Dr. Sivana

“I have been fiddling with ChatGPT 4.0. “

ChatGPT 4.0 is their Plus plan that costs $20/month, right?

Have you found 4.0 to be a quantum leap over 3.5 to justify $20/mth?


45 posted on 11/26/2023 10:23:19 AM PST by plain talk
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To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ...

46 posted on 11/26/2023 10:44:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: noiseman

*OUCH*

...but very probable...


47 posted on 11/26/2023 10:55:20 AM PST by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: fuzzylogic
You’re only scratching the surface. It’s trained on billions of documents, how many times was it trained with the “Nero Wolfe” stories?

That was just one example. The problem wasn't that it hadn't read enough Nero Wolfe stories. The problem was that it didn't "understand" that you can't be named after somebody with an entirely different name.

It also was also unable to answer simple questions about Arizona fire codes, and DALL-E could not render a picture of a teenage pizza cook wearing a snap front (or cabbie, or newsboy) style hat, but generally insisted on giving him a baseball cam, even when told NOT to use a baseball cap.

It is a big advancement, and it will bet better, but it is very uneven and being a bit oversold presently.
48 posted on 11/26/2023 10:57:24 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: usconservative

I was waiting for that!


49 posted on 11/26/2023 10:57:34 AM PST by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
ChatGPT
I don’t have feelings, thoughts, or self-awareness, so I don’t have the capacity to form opinions or beliefs about myself being perfect or imperfect.

You are aware of not being aware?

50 posted on 11/26/2023 11:01:41 AM PST by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: plain talk
Have you found 4.0 to be a quantum leap over 3.5 to justify $20/mth?

It is DEFINITELY a quantum leap above 3.5. For me, it is not worth $20/month. But it was worth $20 to find out what it could and can't do. So, I have already canceled the service, but I have it until 12/12 if you have any questions.
51 posted on 11/26/2023 11:02:39 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Nateman
Have you ever had a computer beg ... you not to turn it off?

Didn't Microsoft's Tay do exactly that?

52 posted on 11/26/2023 11:05:55 AM PST by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: bitt

I assume this algorithm says Trump should be president for life.


53 posted on 11/26/2023 11:06:15 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s already too late... what will be will be.


54 posted on 11/26/2023 11:35:27 AM PST by GOPJ (Ignorant but arrogant is a sad way to start an adult life. Victor Davis Hanson on Ivy college grads)
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To: adorno
I'm part of two AI working groups for a gov agency. We've done extensive testing of three different AI offerings. Thus far, the use case of creating code is a huge failure. While AI has been shown to be useful for new developers, in providing very easy code and does help teach syntax, it has no real capability of developing useful code.

The biggest we've run into is that the AI "lies." It creates functions that don't exist and never have. Modern coding requires extensive use of code libraries, and all three AI models failed miserable in using them.

But in an area I'm not directly testing... but playing around in for fun ... AI does an incredible job of writing test cases, refining requirements and other areas. For now though, it can't replace human developers, even though that's what leadership really wants.
55 posted on 11/26/2023 12:04:50 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: adorno

...but it isn’t programming in the traditional sense at all. It’s a network of simulated neurons trained on billions of documents. Responses aren’t predictable. This isn’t anything like what we’ve seen before. I’ll agree that it isn’t ‘thinking’...it’s responding to prompts and providing ‘the most probable next word’ in an iterative process that results in sentences, paragraphs, etc.

For anything technical it’s an incredible learning tool. Ask it details on technical topics and learn very quickly. It can be the reverse of a search engine...instead of searching key words, bumbling through results, reading from sources of varying quality or applicability, it brings the relevant details to you without effort.

I’ve used ChatGPT python libraries to integrate with local systems, defining callback functions for it to call, giving it the ability to execute local code. I’ve developed an in-vehicle assistant with voice recognition and text-to-speech, I can talk to it about anything - then say where I want to navigate to, or what music to play, control other vehicle features I’ve defined API’s for, etc., and it’ll respond with the callback functions as appropriate. I can interact with vehicle features in a way I’ve never seen before...along with it playing games with me (explain you’re a character in an adventure game, based on a book, what the goal is, etc.).

This isn’t ‘dumb’...even if it isn’t ‘thinking’. It’s insanely useful and is a vast new space for applications. One thing it does better than ANY HUMAN....quickly summarize a topic, especially a technical one, being able to write articulate, concise, structured, and detailed text faster than anyone...done in seconds.


56 posted on 11/26/2023 12:22:06 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: StolarStorm

I’m not scared of ChatGPT replacing software developers...at least not yet.

I do think many other professions might have concern though - considering it’s passed medical exams and the Bar exam. It’s a wonderful tool for learning. It’s brought me up to speed on several topics lately - all I have to do is ask. Tbh - I find it better than most teachers I’ve had, at least I can keep asking questions without feeling stupid and it won’t get frustrated.


57 posted on 11/26/2023 12:25:39 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: fuzzylogic
Agree completely. I've been using it to refresh my memory on old languages long forgotten. We have a modernization project to get away from COBOL (I know..I know..) and it's helping some with that. But dang, it has to be watched closely as the AI Hallucinations keep getting in the way.

I noticed you mentioned python. I tried to get it to create code to parse a PDF and it kept using functions that never existed. I fed it the pyPDF library, still a no go. I'll just do it by hand. No biggie... but it was a good test case to see if it can do something pretty easy and it couldn't.
58 posted on 11/26/2023 12:33:26 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: StolarStorm

I found that the more specific you are the better. I usually send a lot of ‘system’ (user) messages to improve how it responds. At least for the in-vehicle use cases I’ve defined API’s for it’s been quite amazing....not perfect but better than any other in-vehicle voice recognition system I’ve ever used (which are far worse).


59 posted on 11/26/2023 12:47:53 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: bitt
Soon human beings will be supplanted by artificial intelligence on planet Earth.

It's only a matter of time at this point.

We had a good run. I had a great steak dinner last night, one of my last but I expect a few more before the end comes.

60 posted on 11/26/2023 12:50:34 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
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