A Key OpenAI Executive Quits, Recounts His Struggle To Get The Compute Power Required For His Research, Cites Undue Focus On “Shiny Products”

A Key OpenAI Executive Quits, Recounts His Struggle To Get The Compute Power Required For His Research, Cites Undue Focus On “Shiny Products”

A second key executive at OpenAI has now exited within a span of 72 hours, painting a less-than-flattering picture of what is inarguably one of the most strategically important enterprises in the world today. To wit, Jan Leike, OpenAI’s head of alignment, completed his last day at the non-profit yesterday. For the benefit of those who might not be aware, alignment is a critical process whereby human values are coded into a Large Language Model (LLM). It also allows LLMs to follow set policies and guidelines. Apparently, OpenAI’s entire alignment team has now been disbanded. While recounting his journey at […]

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