The real question is: Who or what is the iceberg in this scenario?
William Saunders, a former OpenAI employee and member of the company’s “superalignment team,” recently disclosed that he quit the company because he felt it was on a collision course with tragedy, much like the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic in 1912.
As spotted by Business Insider, Saunders gave his commentary during an episode of technology journalist Alex Kantrowitz’s podcast.
Saunders told Kantrowitz that during his three years at OpenAI, he would sometimes ask himself if the company was on a path that was “more like the Apollo program or more like the Titanic.“
