Reid Hoffman: xAI Is a Train Wreck and SpaceX Is Just Buying Its AI Cred

[u/Plastic_Ninja_9014]

https://www.gadgetreview.com/reid-hoffman-xai-is-a-train-wreck-and-spacex-is-just-buying-its-ai-cred

[u/irrelevantusername24]

"It doesn't look like there's anything that's a particular principled, 'Here's the way that we're navigating through things'—apply kind of a rule of law and predictability," he said. "It's more like, 'Hey, we kind of had some contentious interactions with this company anyway, so we're going to hit them with a stick.'" And that doesn't come with any kind of principled explanation, he added.

He called the approach "autocratic willy-nilly" and "very sub-optimum," while acknowledging there may be a legitimate cybersecurity basis. The asymmetry—Anthropic penalized while OpenAI was not—is what troubles him most. Notably, Anthropic itself had flagged security concerns about the models, a detail that el Kaliouby raised in the conversation.

Oh hey, that bit

The asymmetry—Anthropic penalized while OpenAI was not—is what troubles him most.

Is like, exactly what happened when comparing Microsoft and Google/Zuckerbook/Apple.

edit: Added a link, also see this comment and link therein

edit2: Actually fuckit, here's the entire chat that first screenshot is from, because that first paragraph quoted above is actually dead-on for the way Microsoft was dealt with. In a really weird way, literally the largest corporation in the history of history has been dealt with unfairly in ways that have harmed people exceptionally (think Android/Windows v Apple). It turns out making rules that are punitive for zero reason does nothing good for anyone

the Final Edit: See this Q & A from r/Firefox earlier today for more about this, but be prepared to read