Transparency Promises: OpenAI-Supported Charities Seem to Have Developed Selective Amnesia!
“OpenAI-Backed Nonprofits Have Gone Back on Their Transparency Pledges”
“OpenAI, a research organization founded by tech luminaries including Elon Musk and Sam Altman, is now backing two nonprofits devoted to ‘responsible AI.’ The move comes amid a growing chorus of experts warning about the potential downsides of artificial intelligence and machine learning, including job displacement and invasions of privacy.”
Well, isn’t this a cheeky turn of events? OpenAI, founded by our tech exalted ones, has decided they’d be magnanimous enough to support two virtuous nonprofits that are all about ‘responsible AI.’ They’re rolling up their sleeves and rallying behind these saviors in a world that’s increasingly anxious about the creeping invasion of AI. Wake up to joblessness and privacy breaches, courtesy of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The nonprofits, AI.Global and Center for Security and Emerging Technology are surely throwing a little party. After all, to be chosen by OpenAI, the parents of GPT-3 language model and the AI system that whipped the world champion in a video game, it’s no small feat.
Now, let’s touch on OpenAI’s transparency pledge. Whoa! What? Transparency? Suddenly, the ‘all-seeing’ wants to be ‘all-showing.’ Imagine our surprise when this data-gobbling giant decided it wanted to share ‘most’ of its AI research. They very slyly stated, they can’t guarantee all of it due to ‘safety and security concerns.’ Well, we can’t have them spilling the ‘secret sauce,’ now can we?
What really dropped jaws here was the fun little side note. OpenAI made it crystal clear that they’d bail on agreements if they see ‘an extraordinarily unexpected circumstance’. They’ve devised a clean and crisp exit strategy that’s as wide as the Grand Canyon. Talk about having your cake and eating it too.
Also, it was fascinating to see the OpenAI Charter. It’s all about ensuring ‘broadly distributed benefits.’ How generous! We’re yet to see what kind of ‘broad’ this turns out to be. But it’s a lovely image, everyone basking in the glow of AI benefits. Let’s just hope our everyday machine overlord isn’t planning on handing out crumbs and calling it a feast.
In conclusion, these initiatives by OpenAI are commendable; nevertheless, it’s best to take them with a grain of salt. Or perhaps, a whole salt shaker. The world of AI and machine learning is still largely unchartered territory, with vast implications we might not even fully comprehend yet. Transparency and responsibility are needed, and it’s a step in the right direction. But, as always, the devil is in the details.