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• @_karenhao Karen Hao on x

  I spent half a year digging into @OpenAI, the SF-based AI research lab, originally founded by @elonmusk. I started with a few simple questions: Who are they? What are their goals? How do they work? After nearly three dozen interviews, I found so much more. https://www.technologyr…

• @dietmarharhoff Dietmar Harhoff on x

  A critical review of OpenAI ... parts of it sobering, parts sort of positive. Definitely worth reading ... The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI's bid to save the world - via @techreview https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...

• @lisabari Lisa Bari on x

  Above anything else, the directors of this company should give themselves an “F” for failing to live by their own charter, with an undue concentration of power in white male leadership. A(G)I requires diversity and inclusion at the highest levels. https://twitter.com/...

• @jacyreese Jacy Reese on x

  The headline is a bit sensationalist, but the content of this article—balancing transparency and risk, gathering investment and racing to be the 1st while keeping to their altruistic mission—illustrates the difficulties of truly “open AI.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...

• @datasociety @datasociety on x

  “They are using sophisticated technical practices to try to answer social problems with AI.” -D&S Affiliate @drbrittparis, quoted by @_KarenHao in @techreview https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...

• @saraannhart Dr. Sara A. Hart on x

  This is interesting, but what struck me was “In fairness, this lack of diversity is typical in AI. ...women accounted for 20% of AI professorships...” In my *psychology* department, women account for 31% of our professors. Absolutely no where near our PhD grad numbers. https://tw…

• @niallfirth Niall Firth on x

  A big, crunchy, meaty piece from @_KarenHao asking: who is OpenAI? The answers are complex. https://twitter.com/...

• @emilybell Emily Bell on x

  Something of a must read, especially for those interested in how private sector labs and initiatives work https://twitter.com/...

• @glichfield Gideon Lichfield on x

  Here's an in-depth profile by @_KarenHao of one of the darlings of the AI world, @OpenAI—an instructive tale of what happens when idealism collides with reality in Silicon Valley https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...

• @janoschdelcker Janosch Delcker on x

  “There is a misalignment between what the company publicly espouses and how it operates behind closed doors... OpenAI, for all its noble aspirations, is obsessed with maintaining secrecy, protecting its image, and retaining the loyalty of its employees.” https://twitter.com/...

• @techreview @techreview on x

  Here's a profile of an AI startup that is also a profile of Silicon Valley itself, and of what can really be going on behind idealistic narratives of “tech for good.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...

• @drbrittparis Britt Paris on x

  Great exposé from @_KarenHao on interestingly dressed up AI profiteering. https://twitter.com/...

• @mattniessner Matthias Niessner on x

  Interesting read! History of AGI discussion feels like: - 2017: it's 1-2 years away - 2018: it's 5-10 years away - 2019: >10 years away - 2020: even humans are not AGI... let's imitate them (but that's hard too!) Still lots of progress, as Bengio says: “Science is progressive”! h…

• @setlinger Susan Etlinger on x

  What a fascinating microcosm of the challenges of AI: the drive toward AGI, even though we don't realllly know what it means; the earnest desire to be responsible (same), the lure of hype & the techno-solutionism that can't get out of its own way. Great reporting. https://twitter…