Source: Wired
Summary
Paul Christiano, an AI researcher known for his work on alignment, has joined the OpenAI Foundation’s board. Christiano previously worked at Google’s DeepMind and has been a vocal advocate for safe AI development. OpenAI said his expertise will help guide the organization’s research. Christiano’s move comes as the AI industry faces increasing scrutiny. The foundation did not provide further details on his role.
Our Reading
“The announcement sounds ambitious.”
Christiano joins OpenAI’s board after years at DeepMind.
He’s an alignment expert, which is just a fancy way of saying he wants AI to not kill us.
OpenAI says he’ll help guide research, which is vague and expected.
This is the same old game, just with new names and slightly different rules.
The real question is, who’s really in charge now?
Author: Evan Null
