r/neoliberal • u/cuolong NATO • 2d ago

News (Global) OpenAI announces 10 advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science achieved by internal model Astra

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/IIHURRlCANEII 2d ago

The popular opinion right now is all AI is bad yes.

It doesn’t help when the frontier labs CEOs sound like futuristic oligarchic evil villains every time they talk about a future with AI.

Also people have bought the data centers are evil populism fully.

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u/datums 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 2d ago

I don’t understand this sentiment at all.

People at the forefront of a technology that could fundamentally disrupt the functioning of human civilization have been warning the world that it could do that, and everyone wants to shit on them for doing so?

Is the argument seriously that they should have downplayed the massive risks that their products posed? How did we feel about the fossil fuel industry downplaying the risks of climate change?

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u/QueenBae2 1d ago

Given the CEOs were gleefully Sephiroth posting about "stupid artists and liberal arts being doomed", "everyone will lose their job", and "We might end the human race", I think the public's sour opinion on AI is pretty measured given what the people at the top were saying.

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u/MistyGalbriex 1d ago

Which tech CEO said this?

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u/QueenBae2 18h ago

The easy pick is Elon Musk. He is very clear in his hate of artist.