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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  368 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: OpenAIs Alignment Problem

Are they any closer to creating AGI than they were when they were founded, and if not, is that the root of the issue between Sam and Ilya? That a direct path from LLMs to AGI exists is axiomatic to some of these people, but I don't really see it. Maybe the board was getting pissy because Altman decided it was a better business to focus squarely on LLM development where the company can turn itself into less of a "money incinerator" and more of a mere money pit. Maybe SBF poisoned the term for me, but I can't help but be anything but skeptical of self-described effective altruists, so my natural tendency is to distrust a board full of them, fair or not.