I've seen this a lot. Tech bros start a company that ultimately will want to be purchased by or licensed to a government but they do not screen out employees that would be against this. Almost all tech out of silicon valley is started with the intent of being part of the military industrial complex. That's where most of the money is. Silicon Valley itself was started from WWII money. [1] When it comes time to complete a deal the employees rise up because the government or military wants to use their product.
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"Although this idea might be naive but I haven't seen discussions about such things atleast on the public face on the internet but this idea did work the last time (for better or for worse)
the public has decided to show agency and decide not to use OpenAI period. And for a growth company like OpenAI, revenue loss is essentially the nail in its coffin. So people are realizing this and taking agency within this and their decisions matter.
But also OpenAI employees decision matters even more so. A 100 people not using OpenAI might not impact them but A 100 employees leaving OpenAI surely would. You guys have a factor of more magnitudes worth of say in all of this and have more power about all this situation.
And as the most famous quote that everyone grew up with, with great power comes great responsibility.
I hope that with this in mind, I hope that OpenAI employees can talk more about what's going on in their heads right now because we really need to have such a discussion and the best time is now.
You would be surprised at what one will compromise on when your yearly comp has two commas in it…
But at least they signed off on a strongly worded letter …
I've seen this a lot. Tech bros start a company that ultimately will want to be purchased by or licensed to a government but they do not screen out employees that would be against this. Almost all tech out of silicon valley is started with the intent of being part of the military industrial complex. That's where most of the money is. Silicon Valley itself was started from WWII money. [1] When it comes time to complete a deal the employees rise up because the government or military wants to use their product.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbKxUYl3WSE [video][44m]
Because of 4000 word HN limit. I had written some more words, so I am going to be writing that as a comment. I hope the people don't mind. Please read this in continuation
"Although this idea might be naive but I haven't seen discussions about such things atleast on the public face on the internet but this idea did work the last time (for better or for worse)
the public has decided to show agency and decide not to use OpenAI period. And for a growth company like OpenAI, revenue loss is essentially the nail in its coffin. So people are realizing this and taking agency within this and their decisions matter.
But also OpenAI employees decision matters even more so. A 100 people not using OpenAI might not impact them but A 100 employees leaving OpenAI surely would. You guys have a factor of more magnitudes worth of say in all of this and have more power about all this situation.
And as the most famous quote that everyone grew up with, with great power comes great responsibility.
I hope that with this in mind, I hope that OpenAI employees can talk more about what's going on in their heads right now because we really need to have such a discussion and the best time is now.
Have a nice day to everyone reading this."