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humanistbot
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Why did they even choose the name "OpenAI" if they didn't want to make openness part of their mission?
revolvingocelot
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To sucker people into thinking that they were, or were going to. Isn't it obvious?
dnautics
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it's like "light yogurt" where "light" can refer to the colour
coolspot
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Or Full Self Driving(tm) where “full” can be read as “fool”
Turing_Machine
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Or "wheat bread" (as opposed to "whole wheat bread"). Essentially all bread is made of wheat.
reducesuffering
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I remember someone involved saying they regret it. It's been six years. They evolved their understanding of the safety vs. openness tradeoff.
coolspot
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They evolved their understanding of the profit vs openness tradeoff.
thoughtstheseus
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It looks like they did open it up.
sillycube
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I think they better change the name. It looks like lying
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