[cedws]

I think Altman probably rationalised it to himself by thinking that if he doesn’t do it, Musk/xAI will, and they give zero fucks about safety. So maybe he told himself that it’s better if OpenAI does it.

[Griffinsauce]

Is there a name for this phenomenon? I've taken to calling it "the nihilist's excuse"

[fer]

I call it race to the moral bottom.

Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8

[mikkupikku]

I love it when I can guess what a video is before I click it. Exactly what I hoped it would be.

[ivanjermakov]

Similar to false dichotomy. "If we won't do it, <other evil guy> will".

[mlpinit]

In game theory, prisoner’s dilemma or maybe stag hunt?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt

[coryodaniel]

I think it’s called being a “shithead”

[slekker]

Knowing Sam, that's exactly what happened -- and the echo chamber inside OpenAI wouldnt dare to disagree

[askvictor]

I feel that if xAI worked well for the job, it would have been already been selected.

[4b11b4]

yeah or he didn't even