Paul M. Nakasone stepped down as NSA director in February and will now join the company’s Sam Altman-led safety team.

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It’s remarkable how quickly OpenAI has speed run into evilcorp status.

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I’m pretty sure it’s was never not evil

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There’s probably a bunch of idealistic engineers dreaming to change the world for the better in the beginning, easily tamed by large amounts of cash when it starts to turn darker.

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Sure but OpenAI turned Evil so fast no way it’s was not the plan from the start

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I’m pretty sure no part of this is a good thing

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I seriously feel like the headline is 1984’s backstory.

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The NSA stands humbled next to OpenAIs data stealing collection abilities.

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Why steal data when you can just make it up!

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Saying “my source is I made it up” used to be a meme. Now it’s an essential business feature

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I love the idea of an unaccountable spy agency using alpha technology that hallucinates answers with complete confidence /s

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something something wmds…

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Kind of obvious where this is going.

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