Comment by mcmcmc

16 hours ago

> I think it's a useful analogy to compare OpenAI to a human collaborator.

Frankly I don’t buy this. It’s not a human or a collaborator. It’s a tool. This is like saying it’s not Microsoft’s fault if they extract a bunch of data from people’s Excel sheets because they willingly put it into the program. Anthropomorphizing software is ignorant and foolhardy

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nezi  15 hours ago

Tools don’t turn around and scoop you. What OpenAI did here was use the same tool that the researcher did which might have coupled their work together.

  • mcmcmc  15 hours ago

    You’re right, they don’t. It was scooped by the humans at OpenAI who published the paper. The tool they used to do it isn’t that relevant.

    • fn-mote  11 hours ago

      > isn’t that relevant

      “Might not be” that relevant. You’re dismissing the whole controversy without addressing why it’s controversial.

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