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Former head of NSA joins OpenAI board

25 点作者 kristianpaul11 个月前

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photochemsyn11 个月前
Every timw you get the head of some governmental three-letter agency joining the board of a major tech corporation, it&#x27;s almost always related to that corporation going for some major government contracts.<p>Case example: General Keith Alexander joins Amazon, 2020<p>&gt; &quot;The high-ranking appointment of the former commander of the US Cyber Command comes as Amazon Web Services continues to dispute the Department of Defense&#x27;s award of a $10 billion military cloud contract to rival Microsoft&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.datacenterdynamics.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;former-nsa-head-keith-alexander-joins-amazons-board-of-directors&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.datacenterdynamics.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;former-nsa-head-k...</a><p>Result (2022):<p>&gt; &quot;An AWS spokesperson said: “We’re honored that after thorough review, the NSA selected AWS as the cloud provider for the Hybrid Compute Initiative, and we’re ready to help deliver this critical national security capability.”&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fedscoop.com&#x2F;nsa-re-awards-10b-wildandstormy-cloud-computing-contract-to-aws&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fedscoop.com&#x2F;nsa-re-awards-10b-wildandstormy-cloud-c...</a><p>A good bet is that OpenAI is going full-tilt for major government contracts in the secrecy world as a means to bump revenue as their private sector business doesn&#x27;t really seem to be booming. This is not unusual in the tech sector - IBM for example survived for at least a decade during the Depression by running the government&#x27;s Social Security program - but this means OpenAI is now in the mass surveillance business.
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infinitezest11 个月前
Seems bad... Though I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;m informed enough to know exactly why. The NSA is just coded in my brain as Generally Not Trustworthy. The addition of Larry Summers has me feeling a similar way. My general feeling is that these are not people who particularly care about humanity writ large.
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adamrezich11 个月前
Interesting move to make in an election year.
zhengiszen11 个月前
At least they don&#x27;t hide their intentions anymore
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gigel8211 个月前
So they&#x27;re saying the quiet part out loud now...
salad-tycoon11 个月前
Guess this is the last iPhone for me, which is probably good frankly. I’m not that impressed on the utility or necessity of AI for myself and don’t want it processing basically the entirety of my life.<p>I will highlight a mysterious throw away comment made over a year ago about William Hurd. Maybe anon man will come back here with more insight:<p>User: Ta08131942 date March 30 2023<p>“Facts worth considering: Will Hurd joined the board of OpenAI in May 2021. Mr. Hurd, among other things, was a documented former CIA clandestine officer for nearly nine years.<p>He was a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during his tenure as a U.S. Rep replacing Mike Pompeo.<p>He is also a Managing Director of Allen &amp; Co. who&#x27;s Chairman is George Tenent the former director of the CIA. Further, Mr. Hurd is a member of the board of trustees of In-Q-Tel the primary external investment arm of the CIA and the broader US Intelligence Community.”<p>Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;threads?id=ta08131942">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;threads?id=ta08131942</a><p>Edit: more recent updates on Hurd, who resigned to run for president? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2024&#x2F;01&#x2F;30&#x2F;will-hurd-ai-regulation-00136941" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2024&#x2F;01&#x2F;30&#x2F;will-hurd-...</a><p>Anyways…