<story><title>Jan Leike Resigns from OpenAI</title><url>https://twitter.com/janleike/status/1790603862132596961</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jvanderbot</author><text>My honest-to-god guess is that it just seemed like a needless cost center in a growing business, so there was pressure against them doing the work they wanted to do.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m guessing, but OpenAI probably wants to start monetizing, and doesn&amp;#x27;t feel like they are going to hit a superintelligence, not really. That may have been the goal originally.</text></item><item><author>kamikaz1k</author><text>who is this and why is it important? [1]&lt;p&gt;super-alignment co-lead with Ilya (who resigned yesterday)&lt;p&gt;what is super alignment? [2]&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; We need scientific and technical breakthroughs to steer and control AI systems much smarter than us. Our goal is to solve the core technical challenges of superintelligence alignment by 2027.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jan.leike.name&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jan.leike.name&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;
[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openai.com&amp;#x2F;superalignment&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openai.com&amp;#x2F;superalignment&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hollerith</author><text>&amp;gt;it just seemed like a needless cost center in a growing business&lt;p&gt;To some of us, that sounds like, &amp;quot;Fire all the climate scientists because they are needless cost center distracting us from the noble goal of burning as much fossil fuel as possible.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Jan Leike Resigns from OpenAI</title><url>https://twitter.com/janleike/status/1790603862132596961</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jvanderbot</author><text>My honest-to-god guess is that it just seemed like a needless cost center in a growing business, so there was pressure against them doing the work they wanted to do.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m guessing, but OpenAI probably wants to start monetizing, and doesn&amp;#x27;t feel like they are going to hit a superintelligence, not really. That may have been the goal originally.</text></item><item><author>kamikaz1k</author><text>who is this and why is it important? [1]&lt;p&gt;super-alignment co-lead with Ilya (who resigned yesterday)&lt;p&gt;what is super alignment? [2]&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; We need scientific and technical breakthroughs to steer and control AI systems much smarter than us. Our goal is to solve the core technical challenges of superintelligence alignment by 2027.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jan.leike.name&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jan.leike.name&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;
[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openai.com&amp;#x2F;superalignment&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openai.com&amp;#x2F;superalignment&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mjr00</author><text>Yeah, OpenAI is all-in on the LLM golden goose and is much more focused on how to monetize it via embedding advertisements, continuing to provide &amp;quot;safety&amp;quot; via topic restrictions, etc., than going further down the AGI route.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s zero chance LLMs lead to AGI or superintelligence, so if that&amp;#x27;s all OpenAI is going to focus on for the next ~5 years, a group related to superintelligence alignment is unnecessary.</text></comment>