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Former OpenAI employees say whistleblower protection on AI safety is not enough
The open letter is endorsed by “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton.
These principles include avoiding the creation and enforcement of non-disparagement clauses, facilitating a “verifiably” anonymous process to report issues, allowing current and former employees to raise concerns to the public, and not retaliating against whistleblowers. The letter says that while they believe in AI’s potential to benefit society, they also see risks, such as the entrenchment of inequalities, manipulation and misinformation, and the possibility of human extinction. The letter’s signees claim current whistleblower protections “are insufficient” because they focus on illegal activity rather than concerns that, they say, are mostly unregulated.
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