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• @kalinowski007 Caitlin Kalinowski on x

  I resigned from OpenAI.  I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together.  This wasn't an easy call.  AI has an important role in national security.  But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are …

• @kalinowski007 Caitlin Kalinowski on x

  @maylivesforever To be clear, my issue is that the announcement was rushed without the guardrails defined. It's a governance concern first and foremost. These are too important for deals or announcements to be rushed.

• @thegreenebj Bryce Greene on x

  Fuck you, this is your fault. You helped make this happen. If you didn't know this was the obvious direction this was going you're an idiot.

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  Respect, @kalinowski007.

• @hodgetwins @hodgetwins on x

  This ain't good y'all

• @sunweatherman @sunweatherman on x

  Translation: OpenAI is building AI kill bots that don't need human authorization to kill

• @amy_siskind @amy_siskind on x

  Another resignation from OpenAI. She led the robotics and consumer hardware initiatives at OpenAI.

• @aisafetymemes @aisafetymemes on x

  OpenAI's robotics head quit over surveillance and Skynet Thank you, Caitlin. I hope your courage inspires your colleagues. OpenAI is nothing without its people. [image]

• @ns123abc Nik on x

  “Sir... the Head of Robotics just quit OpenAI over surveillance concerns... she said “This was about principle, not people...” [image]

• @nic_carter Nic Carter on x

  notice how quickly narrative has changed from “evil gubment trying to create AI killbots” to “as it turns out we shouldn't give polyamorous “AI safety” commissars in SF total discretion over military target selection

• @a_abdulruhman Abdulruhman Ismail on x

  The head of robotics at OpenAI resigned, warning that using AI for surveillance without judicial oversight and granting lethal systems autonomy without human authorization are dangerous red lines. As a Palestinian, I know this is not a theoretical debate. The occupation is

• @derekcressman Derek Cressman on x

  The humans who built AI are trying to tell us something before it's too la....

• @jason @jason on x

  The AI crowd is filled with a lot of principled, high agency individuals Unsure what the circumstance below involves beyond what's stated, but I'm thankful that individuals are communicating their actions and concerns.  It's a very healthy safeguard to have whistleblowers and con…

• @rcbregman Rutger Bregman on x

  Turns out you need woke people to build AGI. Probably also explains the exodus from xAI - it's simply embarrassing to work for sociopaths like Altman and Musk.

• @_ueaj @_ueaj on x

  Maybe this is self serving bias but I think people that are likely to take risky actions to satisfy their conscience and avoid cognitive dissonance are probably also better researchers in general for the same reason

• @daveshapi David Shapiro on x

  People acting like they will single handedly save democracy by quitting.

• @teortaxestex @teortaxestex on x

  We're getting conscientious objectors at OpenAI.

• @signulll @signulll on x

  @kalinowski007 whoa, holy shit. sorry to hear, & excited to see what you do next.

• r/technology r on reddit

  OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract

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  OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract - Fortune