[Zambyte]

The reason you wouldn't say something to someone is because you are afraid of the power that you give people along with that knowledge.

Your family is in a a position of power, which is why it can be scary to share information with them. People at OpenAI are also at a position of power, but people who use their services seem to forget that, since they're talking to them through a computer that automatically responds.

[eganist]

Converging threads here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38956734

tldr: power (or if you want, impact) is the linear dimension, likelihood adds a second dimension to the plane of trust.

[Zambyte]

In practice, likelyhood directly correlates with power. Perhaps there is causation (power corrupts?)

[eru]

Some people are more responsible than others.

For example, one's spouse typically has a lot of power, but hopefully a low likelihood in practice.

[eganist]

I need data on that. I haven't seen that in practice.