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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims

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OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims

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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

OpenAI chief scientist and board member Ilya Sutskever reportedly likes to burn effigies and lead ritualistic chants at the company.

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I think there’s a non-ironic element too. Sutskever can be both genuinely smart and weird cultist; just because someone is smart in one domain doesn’t mean they aren’t immensely foolish in others.

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