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stock_toastertoday at 2:17 AM

Wow. Someone could be "chief ethicist at Meta" under Zuckerberg for 6 years, but couldn't make it even a single year under Altman.

That's an interesting data point.

mtlynchyesterday at 10:59 PM

Strangely, a few years ago, Facebook hired a rabbi and appointed him "Director of Responsible Innovation."[0]

He did an interview on Search Engine that I thought was interesting,[1] but it definitely seemed like there was more to the story than just, "Facebook needed to be ethical, and this guy was so good at ethics that he decided to help out."

[0] https://chochmat.org/rabbi-zvika-krieger/

[1] https://www.searchengine.show/what-does-it-feel-like-to-beli...

aaroninsfyesterday at 8:24 PM

This 100%.

Even in the target-rich environment of late-stage kleptocratic surveillance capitalism, it is hard to pick out a less ethical firm which has done more moral and direct harm, to more people, with as durable a record of defying all attempts and internal and external at harm reduction.

Never use their products. Never partner. Never participate.