Okay, so with news of Sam Altman's firing, I'm just now learning about the sexual abuse allegations against him and holy fucking shit. Can we please, for the love of FUCK stop holding SilVal tech dudes up as heroes or icons or whatever?
Like I already knew this guy was not good, but this is just horrific.
Also, seriously? Whenever one of y'all next tries to tell me that radical consent models of data collection and use aren't possible in "big data" and "AI," I'm gonna say "Thanks for the input Sam Altman, but I really don't know if your views on consent are the ones we'll be needing to hear today."
No: SERIOUSLY. Y'all need to have a good long think about why so many in "AI" and "Big Data" seem so determined to get others to believe that radical consent models of data collection and use are not only impossible, but wholly undesirable.
@Wolven In the same vein, I think the people who are all like "I didn't expect Sam Altman to be that kind of person" need to have a long and hard think about behavioural patterns and whether they might actually just be bad at spotting the red flags
