In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.
@seb_far I saw your work at the NeurIPS poster session - fascinating stuff! It was an unexpected familiar name, but (apparently belated) congrats on the career path :-)
@AdrienBeyk@QuantaVici They sent me the previous message, I said yes please refund, then they sent the following. They are able to (and did) process the refund and close the paypal dispute on their own. Sure seemed like they were making the refund contingent on my cooperation.
Does anyone know if @QuantaVici & @AdrienBeyk are legit or scammers? Took my money, didn't send the product, won't let me cancel, and say they won't offer a refund until they're 18 months late.
They offered me my money back if I left positive reviews ๐
Scam or incompetent?
@AdrienBeyk@QuantaVici Customer wasn't made aware it was a preorder (I have screenshots of the process) and wants their money back and you say no until they file a dispute with Paypal and leave a negative review...
and claim "nothing we value more than customer satisfaction and positive feedback." ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
They did write an 'Ethical considerations' bullet point acknowledging the problematic potential for the AI to mislead people.
They "believe some of these concerns can be addressed in future works."
NeurIPS poster: "We trained AI to collaborate better with humans! It models what advice a person is likely to take and adjusts its output to correct for human biases."
"So... you taught it to output whatever will convince the human to do what the AI considers right?"
Let's appreciate FTX for reminding us the true spirit of Thanksgiving: pillaging under the banner of kindness, then leaving your beneficiaries with a lot of awkward apologies to make.