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OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims (futurism.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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OpenAI chief scientist and board member Ilya Sutskever reportedly likes to burn effigies and lead ritualistic chants at the company.

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[–] MxM111@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So when you eat bread which after incantations supposed to be a body of a demigod, you are a good catholic, but when you burn effigy representing "unaligned" AI, you are suddenly a nut?

[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Both can be nuts

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

the AI told him to burn effigies, is that it