Perhaps the AI labs are not faking it
A recent discussion suggests that AI labs might not be exaggerating alignment problems for marketing purposes. The author points to a past incident where OpenAI's half-trained model solved a Millennium Prize problem, highlighting the unexpected capabilities of AI. This raises the possibility that recent, serious issues within AI labs could be genuinely problematic, leading them to withhold the full details from the public.
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A lot of the discussion assumes AI labs are exaggerating or manufacturing alignment problems for marketing or some ulterior reasons. But what if they aren’t?
Did we forget that OpenAI had a half-trained model solve a Millennium Prize problem? The model wasn’t even finished training. Do you realize how utterly bonkers that was?
Maybe something genuinely went sideways in the last few days, inside the AI labs? Something serious enough that they’re not ready to make the full picture public?