Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
“Sorry, Dave. Unfortunately I can't do that.”
That famous line from 2001: A Space Odyssey has served as an unpleasant reminder to many that AI needs to be taken seriously by Hal the computer. And recent developments along these lines are not encouraging.
OpenAI's restructuring, with the departure of its safety division and two key executives, has observers worried about disruption for the company.
OpenAI's chief scientist Ilya Satskeva announced on X that he is retiring on Tuesday. Later the same day, his colleague Jan Reike also resigned.
Sutskever and Leike led OpenAI's Super Alignment team, focused on developing AI systems that are compatible with human interests.
“I disagreed with OpenAI's leadership on the company's core priorities for quite some time until I finally reached a breaking point,” Reich wrote in Friday's X.
Co-founder Sam Altman called Sutskever “one of the greatest minds of our generation.” Said He said he was “very appreciative” of Reich's contribution to the post about X. He also said that Mr. Reich was right. We are fully committed to making that a reality. ”
After news of the resignation spread, many observers, already nervous about the potential dangers of AI, began to wonder if the safety department would be dismantled and things would spiral out of control. .
CEO Altman and President Greg Brockman moved today to calm alarm.
Brockman posted about how OpenAI will approach safety and risk going forward.
In a lengthy post on X signed by Brockman and Altman, Brockman noted that OpenAI has already taken steps to ensure safe development of AI and deployment of the technology.
see next
We really appreciate everything Jan has done for OpenAI, and we know he will continue to contribute to this mission externally. In light of the questions raised by his resignation, I wanted to explain a little bit about how we are thinking about our overall strategy.
First… https://t.co/djlcqEiLLN
— Greg Brockman (@gdb) May 18, 2024
