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“AI #121 Part 2: The OpenAI Files” by Zvi


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You can find Part 1 here. This resumes the weekly, already in progress. The primary focus here is on the future, including policy and alignment, but also the other stuff typically in the back half like audio, and more near term issues like ChatGPT driving an increasing number of people crazy.

If you haven’t been following the full OpenAI saga, the OpenAI Files will contain a lot of new information that you really should check out. If you’ve been following, some of it will likely still surprise you, and help fill in the overall picture behind the scenes to match the crazy happening elsewhere.

At the end, we have some crazy new endorsements for Eliezer Yudkowsky's upcoming book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Preorders make a difference in helping the book get better reach, and I think that will help us all have a much better [...]

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Outline:

(01:02) Cheaters Gonna Cheat Cheat Cheat Cheat Cheat

(02:12) Quiet Speculations

(07:44) Get Involved

(07:53) Thinking Machines

(08:04) California Reports

(10:39) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(13:40) What Is Musk Thinking?

(16:54) Why Do We Care About The 'AI Race'?

(23:52) Chip City

(26:29) Pick Up The Phone

(26:46) The OpenAI Files

(33:13) The Week in Audio

(38:03) Rhetorical Innovation

(42:37) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

(43:33) Misaligned!

(45:28) Emergently Misaligned!

(47:17) ChatGPT Can Drive People Crazy

(57:27) Misalignment By Default

(01:04:59) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:06:46) Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:07:04) The Too Open Model

(01:13:25) A Good Book

(01:17:12) The Lighter Side

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First published:

June 20th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/oHQ6FdcNymCt2rqbi/ai-121-part-2-the-openai-files

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