William Saunders

6 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 3, 2024 by Lawrence "Larry" Lessig · across every show →

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Jul 3, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Lessig: Federal AI whistleblower framework requires new legislation, not just FTC authority
“I mean, you know, agencies like the FTC believe they have lots of inherent jurisdiction that they could set up something that would be close to this, but the kind of thing that would convince people like William would require legislation the way California has…”
Lawrence "Larry" Lessig Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 32:48 What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
Jul 3, 2024 negative
Opinion
Saunders: GPT-4 is safe, but GPT-5 or later might be the Titanic
“I don't think that I was working on the Titanic. I don't think that GPT four was the Titanic. I'm more, I'm afraid that like GPT five or GPT six or GPT seven might be the Titanic in, in, in this analogy.”
William Saunders Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 12:16 What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
Jul 3, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Saunders gives 10% probability of human-level remote AI within three years
“And I'm, you know, not as convinced about Leopold that this is necessarily going to come soon, but I think, you know, there's maybe like a 10% probability that this happens within three years.”
William Saunders Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 50:49 What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
Jul 3, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Saunders: Most OpenAI employees and alignment efforts are English-focused
“Most of the people at opening I speak English. Most of the alignment work is done in English.”
William Saunders Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 15:32 What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
Jul 3, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Saunders: Departure from OpenAI was not caused by witnessing immediate harm
“If there were, if there was a group of people that I knew were being seriously harmed by this technology first, I still really hope that open AI would like do the right thing and address this. If this was like a very clear cut case. I also personally would you…”
William Saunders Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 11:47 What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
Jul 3, 2024 negative
Opinion
Saunders: OpenAI prioritizes shiny products over safety like the Titanic
“OpenAI claimed that their mission was to build safe and beneficial AGI, and I thought that this would mean that they would prioritize, you know, putting safety first. But over time, it started to really feel like the decisions being made by leadership were mor…”
William Saunders Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 2:36 What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
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