breaking out the popcorn as situations deteriorate

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/three-senior-openai-researchers-resign-as-crisis-deepens

I don't know what's going on but I'm loving it.

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18 Comments

swlabr@awful.systems · 18 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Going off the idea that the seniors are quitting in protest of the firing: imagine meeting Sam Altman and thinking: this is my king. I will follow him into the breach. I will fall onto my sword for this doomsday-prepping weasel.

AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems · 18 pts · 2y

He has a firm handshake and scans you right in the eye.

self@awful.systems · 14 pts · 2y

a group of extremely stern scientists updates the SICKOS doomsday clock to 5 minutes from midnight

Shitgenstein1@awful.systems · 8 pts · 2y (4 replies)

someone somewhere thinking this is a good move in the acausal game of chess with the basilisk

AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

they think they're playing chess. I'm playing Cosmic Encounter.

Shitgenstein1@awful.systems · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

lmao imagine The Seventh Seal but they're playing that

(I assume it's like a sci-fi Cones of Dunshire)

AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

seriously though cosmic encounter is nice, it was made in the 70s and is still reprinted today.

gnomicutterance@hachyderm.io · 4 pts · 2y
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Soyweiser@awful.systems · 6 pts · 2y (10 replies)

Does the article say more than just the initial part? I'm hitting a sub/paywall. And archive.is didn't seem to work.

AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

probably not, i'm not going to pay for that shit, lol

Soyweiser@awful.systems · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Not sure if you need to pay or just provide an emailadress but im not even going to do that.

AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

yeah, I'm not giving away the acausal e-mail address.

Soyweiser@awful.systems · 9 pts · 2y

'that is not a valid email adress'

Not YET you mean! shakes fist stupid causality bound humans.

MycoBro@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Get you a 12ft ladder. Still works for A LOT of sites. Most probably

Soyweiser@awful.systems · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I had that in the past and it for some reason stopped working so I got rid of it. Having too many browser extensions is risky anyway.

MycoBro@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I just use the website. I haven’t had a computer in over two years. It’s been super weird. I’ve spent a lot of time on a computer since 94 to have to go cold turkey for two years. I still occasionally dream about LoL matches. Polytopia on my phone kept me from going crazy I guess.

Soyweiser@awful.systems · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Which one? The one I used in the past always 'internal server errors' for me