| ▲ | randlet 6 hours ago |
| > The only power you have is to quit. This is an incredible power when exercised en-masse. |
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| ▲ | 1121redblackgo 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| And behind the quitting decision is very little safety net and usually substantial financial obligations keeping people handcuffed. Something has to give. The power employees had during covid was the way it should be, or something more closely approximating that. |
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| ▲ | solenoid0937 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I guarantee you that most OAI employees have well into the multiple millions at this point. There is no "financial safety net" they need to care about. That is just an excuse. | |
| ▲ | wonnage 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ironically this ends up with Chinese H1Bs remaining loyal while Americans have to fall on their sword | | |
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| ▲ | gentleman11 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| --and then, all the decent people no longer work there, and it's like certain other careers populated entirely with psychopaths |
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| ▲ | randlet 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Wouldn't staying feel like implicitly condoning the actions of the "psychopaths"? | |
| ▲ | xvector 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Psychopaths tend to be dumb (but not always), and the smartest researchers that actually care about getting humanity to AGI tend to be safety conscious. This has been a huge talent advertisement for Anthropic. Their recruiting just got easier for the next 6 months. |
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| ▲ | heliumtera 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I am sure openAI will struggle to find replacement for the lost headcount |
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