The author also criticizes OpenAI for misleading the public about its intentions, citing an email from cofounder Ilya Sutskever to Musk that contradicts the organization's public statements about its mission. The article also mentions allegations of covert racism, copyright infringement, and the generation of violent and sexual content by OpenAI's image synthesis software DALL-E. The author concludes by expressing skepticism about OpenAI's promises to use AI to improve people's lives and unlock a better future.
Key takeaways:
- The author criticizes OpenAI for straying from its original mission of being "unconstrained by a need to generate a financial return" and "seeking to open source technology where applicable."
- OpenAI is accused of abandoning open-source, not freely collaborating, and not publishing the details of their work, contrary to their initial mission statement.
- The author highlights an email from OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk, which suggests that OpenAI knew for years that they would not be as open as their name or public statements suggested.
- OpenAI is criticized for continuing to file as a nonprofit despite evidence suggesting they never intended to follow their own charter of being a "charitable organization" and open sourcing its technology "for the public benefit when applicable."