Ɛnnɛ wɔ Decoder so no, me ne Ronan Farrow, nhwehwɛmu amanneɛbɔ mu nsoromma akɛseɛ a ɔreyɛ adwuma nnɛ no mu baako rekasa. Ɔbubuu Harvey Weinstein asɛm no, ne afoforo pii, pii. Na dapɛn a etwaam no ara mu no, ɔne ne yɔnko kyerɛwfo Andrew Marantz tintim asɛm bi a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛfa nsu mu a emu dɔ ho wɔ The New Yorker mu a ɛfa OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, ne ahotoso, ne OpenAI ankasa sɔre ho.
Nsɛm baako ansa na yɛakɔ akyiri wɔ ha —The New Yorker tintim saa asɛm no na me ne Ronan bɔɔ saa nkɔmmɔdie yi ansa na yɛrehu baabi a ntua a wɔde baa Altman fie so no kɔeɛ nyinaa, enti worente sɛ yɛreka saa asɛm no ho asɛm tẽẽ. Nanso sɛ mɛka kɛkɛ a, misusuw sɛ basabasayɛ biara nyɛ nea wogye tom, na saa ntua a wɔde baa Sam so yi nyɛ nea wogye tom, na sɛ mmoa a wontumi nyɛ ho hwee a nkurɔfo te nka, a ɛde basabasayɛ a ɛte sɛɛ ba no, ankasa nyɛ nea wogye tom, na ɛfata sɛ wɔyɛ nhwehwɛmu kɛse pii fi nnwuma no ne yɛn amammui akannifo nyinaa hɔ. Mewɔ anidaso sɛ ɛno mu da hɔ.
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Ne nyinaa akyi no, pii wɔ hɔ a ɛrehuruhuruw wɔ Altman ho a ɛyɛ agoru a ɛfata ma amanneɛbɔ a ɛyɛ katee — amanneɛbɔ a Ronan ne Andrew sii gyinae sɛ wɔbɛyɛ. Esiane sɛ ChatGPT agye din nti, Altman ada ne ho adi sɛ AI adwuma no mu nipa a wotumi hu no sen biara, na wadan nhwehwɛmu dan a bere bi na ɛnyɛ nea wɔhwehwɛ mfaso no ayɛ no ankorankoro adwumakuw a ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛyɛ dɔla ɔpepepem wɔ mfe kakraa bi mu. Nanso Altman anansesɛm no bɔ abira kɛse, wɔkyerɛkyerɛ mu pɛpɛɛpɛ denam ne tumi a ɛda adi sɛ ɔyɛ apam ne ne su a wɔbɔɔ ho amanneɛ sɛ... yiw, odi atoro kyerɛ obiara a watwa ne ho ahyia no nyinaa so.
Asɛm no tenten boro nsɛmfua 17,000, na akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ɛwɔ kyerɛwtohɔ a ɛyɛ pintinn a ɛfa nea esii wɔ afe 2023 mu bere a OpenAI mpanyimfo kuw no yii Altman fii adwumam mpofirim ara wɔ ne atoro a wɔkyerɛ sɛ odii no ho, na ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wɔsan faa no adwuma ntɛm ara. It’s also a deep dive into Altman’s personal life, his investments, his courting of Middle Eastern money, ne n’ankasa nsusuwii wɔ ne kan nneyɛe ne ne suban su ahorow ho a ɛmaa fibea biako kae sɛ “nokware no ntumi nsiw no kwan.” Mehyɛ nyansa ankasa sɛ kenkan asɛm no nyinaa; Misusuw sɛ wɔbɛtwe adwene asi so mfe pii a ɛreba no.
Ronan ne Altman kasae mpɛn pii wɔ asram 18 a ɔde bɔɔ saa asɛm yi ho amanneɛ no mu, na enti nneɛma titiriw biako a na m’ani gye ho ne sɛ ebia ɔtee nsakrae bi nka wɔ Altman mu wɔ saa bere no mu anaa. Ne nyinaa akyi no, pii asi wɔ AI, tech, ne wiase wɔ afe ne fã a atwam no mu.
Wobɛte sɛ Ronan reka saa asɛm no ho asɛm tẽẽ paa, ne ne nteaseɛ a ɛne sɛ nkurɔfoɔ anya ɔpɛ kɛseɛ sɛ wɔbɛka Altman tumi a ɔde trɛw nokware no mu ho asɛm. Nkurɔfo afi ase resusuw ho, wɔ denden ne kyerɛwtohɔ mu, sɛ ebia nnipa te sɛ Altman nneyɛe no haw, ɛnyɛ AI anaa tech nkutoo na mmom ɔmanfo daakye a wɔbom yɛ nso.
Okay: Ronan Farrow wɔ Sam Altman, AI, ne nokware no so. Ɛha na yɛrekɔ.
Wɔayɛ nsɛmbisa yi mu nsakraeɛ kakra sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛyɛ tenten na emu ada hɔ.
Ronan Farrow, woyɛ nhwehwɛmu amanneɛbɔfo ne obi a ɔboa The New Yorker. Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Decoder.
Anigye sɛ mewɔ ha. Meda wo ase sɛ woanya me.
M’ani agye yiye sɛ me ne mo bɛkasa. Wokyerɛw asɛm kɛse bi maa The New Yorker kɛkɛ. Ɛyɛ Sam Altman profile na, ɔkwan bi so no, OpenAI. M’akenkan wɔ ho ne sɛ, sɛnea nneɛma akɛse nyinaa yɛ no, ɛde amanneɛbɔ a ɛyɛ katee, di nkate pii a nkurɔfo anya wɔ Sam Altman ho bere tenten paa no ho adanse. Ɛda adi sɛ woatintim, woanya reactions wɔ ho. Wote nka dɛn wɔ ho mprempren?
Wiɛ, m’ani agye, nokwarem no, baabi a abubu akodu wɔ bere a adwene a wɔde si biribi so sikasɛm no yɛ adwenemhaw na ɛnyɛ den koraa no mu. Eyi yɛ asɛm a, wɔ m’adwene mu no, ɛka yɛn nyinaa. Na berɛ a mede m’abrabɔ mu afe ne fã, na me yɔnko kyerɛwfoɔ, Andrew Marantz, nso de saa ne berɛ no dii dwuma, bɔɔ mmɔden ankasa sɛ ɔbɛyɛ biribi a ɛfa asɛnnibea ne ahwɛyie ho no, ɛyɛ berɛ nyinaa ɛfiri sɛ mete nka sɛ nhyehyɛeɛ ho nsɛm akɛseɛ wɔ hɔ a ɛka nnipa a ɛboro ankorankoro ne adwumakuo a ɛwɔ asɛm no mu no so.
Sam Altman, wɔ Silicon Valley hype amammerɛ ne startups a balloon kɔ massive valuations a egyina bɔhyɛ ahorow a ebia ɛbɛba mu anaasɛ ɛremma mu daakye so, ne fapemfo amammerɛ a ɛrenya nkɔanim a wosusuw sɛ nneɛma ahorow a ɛbɔ abira a wɔbɛka akyerɛ akuw ahorow no yɛ ade titiriw, ɛnyɛ abug...Even against that backdrop, Sam Altman yɛ asɛm soronko bi a obiara a ɔwɔ Silicon Valley a ɔhwɛ saa nneɛma no kwan no ntumi nnyae saa asɛmmisa yi a ɛfa ne ahotoso ne ne nokwaredi ho asɛm.
Ná yenim dedaw sɛ woyii no fii adwumam esiane sobo ahorow bi a wɔbɔe sɛ onni nokware anaasɛ wɔkyerɛ sɛ odii atoro nnidiso nnidiso nti. Nanso nea ɛyɛ nwonwa no, ɛmfa ho nokwasɛm a ɛyɛ sɛ amanneɛbɔ a ɛyɛ nwonwa aba no, Keach Hagey ayɛ adwuma kɛse wɔ eyi ho. Karen Hao ayɛ adwuma kɛse wɔ eyi ho. Nokwarem no, na ntease a edi mũ biara nni adanse nsɛntitiriw ankasa a wɔkyerɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ne nea enti a ɛnonom akɔ so atra ɔmanfo ani so no ho.
Enti asɛm a ɛdi kan ne sɛ, mete nka sɛ nokwasɛm a ɛyɛ sɛ saa nsonsonoeɛ no bi wɔ yɛn ɔmanfoɔ nimdeɛ mu, ne Silicon Valley mufoɔ nimdeɛ mpo mu no, seesei wɔahyɛ no ma kakra. Wɔahyɛ nea enti a na nsonsonoe wɔ hɔ no bi ma kakra.
Yɛbɔ nsɛm a ɛfa nsɛm a nnipa a wɔwɔ adwumakuw yi mu tee nka ankasa sɛ wɔakata nneɛma so anaasɛ wɔhyɛɛ da ankyerɛw ho amanneɛ. Nneɛma foforo a ɛwɔ saa asɛm yi mu biako ne mmara adwumayɛbea nhwehwɛmu titiriw bi a WilmerHale yɛe, a ɛda adi sɛ ɛyɛ mmara adwumayɛbea kɛse a ɛyɛ fɛ, wotumi gye di, a ɛyɛɛ nhwehwɛmu wɔ Enron ne WorldCom ho, a, ɔkwan bi so no, na ne nyinaa yɛ kɛse, te sɛ nkratafa ɔhaha pii a wɔatintim. WilmerHale yɛɛ nhwehwɛmu yi a board members a wɔyii Altman fii adwumam sɛ tebea a ɛbɛma wɔakɔ bere a oyii wɔn fii hɔ no hwehwɛe, na ɔsan bae. Na ɔkwan soronko so — wɔ mmara ho abenfo pii a me ne wɔn kasae no ani so, ne nea ɛyɛ ahodwiriw wɔ nnipa pii a wɔwɔ adwumakuw yi mu ani so — wɔkoraa so sɛ wɔankyerɛw. Nea efii mu bae pɛn nyinaa ne nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ a ɛyɛ nsɛmfua 800 a efi OpenAI a ɛkaa nea esii no ho asɛm sɛ ahotoso a asɛe. Na yesii so dua sɛ wɔde eyi sie ma wɔde ano ka nsɛm tiawa.
Nsɛm bi wɔ hɔ a, sɛ nhwɛso no, ɛte sɛ nea board no muni bi pɛ sɛ ɔtow aba tia nsakrae a efi OpenAI’s mfitiase kratasin a ɛnyɛ nea wɔhwehwɛ mfaso no mu kɔ adwumakuw a wɔhwehwɛ mfaso mu, na wɔakyerɛw sɛ ɛnyɛ nea wɔannye. There’s like a lawyer in the meeting saying, “Wiɛ, ɛno betumi akanyan nhwehwɛmu a ɛboro so.” Na onipa a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔtow aba tia no, wɔkyerɛw ne din sɛ ɔnyɛ obi a ɔmfa ne ho nhyɛ ne ho nyinaa mu. Nokwasɛm mu akyinnyegye bi wɔ hɔ. OpenAI ka sɛ ɛnte saa, sɛnea ebia wubesusuw no. Eyinom nyinaa yɛ nsɛm a wowɔ adwumakuw bi a ɛnam n’ankasa akontaabu so no, ɛkura yɛn daakye wɔ ne nsam.
Ahobammɔ ho nsɛm no mu yɛ den araa ma ennyaa hɔ. Eyi nti na wɔhyehyɛɛ adwumakuw yi sɛ adwumakuw a wɔnyɛ adwuma a mfaso wɔ so a wɔde wɔn adwene si ahobammɔ so, ne baabi a na wɔrekata nneɛma so wɔ ɔkwan bi so a nnipa a wotumi gye di a wɔatwa eyi ho ahyia no hui sɛ ɛnyɛ adwumayɛfo de. Na wode ɛno bata akyi a amammui mu akɔnnɔ kakraa bi na ɛwɔ hɔ ma mmara a ntease wom ho. Misusuw sɛ ɛyɛ tebea a ɛyɛ hyew yiye.
Asɛm a ɛwɔ hɔ ma me no nyɛ sɛ Sam Altman fata nsɛmmisa yi denneennen saa ara. Ɛyɛ nso sɛ saa mmarima yi mu biara a ɔwɔ saa asɛm yi mu, ne nnipa atitiriw no mu pii, da su pɔtee yi adi, sɛ ɛnyɛ saa su pɔtee a ɛyɛ soronko yi a, wɔkyerɛ sɛ odi atoro bere nyinaa a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ mmirikatu-kɔ-ase-a-wɔn adwene bi, baabi a nnipa a na wɔyɛ ahobammɔ ho adwumayɛfo no agugu saa bɔhyɛ ahorow no so nsu ne obiara-wɔ-wɔ-a-race gyinabea no.
Mesusu sɛ, berɛ a yɛhwɛ nnansa yi leaks out of Anthropic, there’s a person who poses the question of hena na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde ne nsateaa to button no so wɔ saa afã yi mu. Mmuaeɛ no ne sɛ, sɛ yɛnni ɔhwɛ a nteaseɛ wom a, mesusu sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yɛbisa nsɛm a anibereɛ wom na yɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ yɛbɛda nsɛm pii adi sɛdeɛ yɛbɛtumi afa saa mmarima yi nyinaa ho. Enti nea ɛte sɛ nkɔmmɔbɔ a ntease wom a ɛfa saa asɛm no ho, anaasɛ biako mfiase no ahyɛ m’a komam.
Nea enti a mibisaa no saa ne sɛ wode afe ne fã yɛɛ eyi ho adwuma. Wo ne wo yɔnko kyerɛwfo, Andrew, ne nnipa 100 kasae, migye di. Ɛno yɛ bere tenten a asɛm bi bɛnoa. Medwene afe ne fã a etwa toɔ wɔ AI mu titire, ne abarimaa, ama saa nnipa yi nyinaa suban ne wɔn gyinapɛn sesa ntɛmntɛm paa.
Ebia obiara nni hɔ a ɛboro Sam Altman, a ofii ase sɛ default nkonimdifo efisɛ na wɔayi ChatGPT adi na obiara susuwii sɛ ɛno bɛfa Google ara kwa. Na afei Google buae, a ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛɛ wɔn nwonwa sɛ Google bɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ ɔbɛbɔ n’adwuma ho ban, ebia nnwuma a eye sen biara wɔ tech abakɔsɛm mu no mu biako, sɛ ɛnyɛ adwumayɛ abakɔsɛm mu a. Anthropic sii gyinae sɛ wɔde wɔn adwene besi adwuma no so. Ɛte sɛ nea ɛredi anim a ɛyɛ ahyɛdeɛhɔ efisɛ adwumayɛbea ahorow a wɔde AI di dwuma no dɔɔso yiye.
Seesei, OpenAI resan de n’adwene asi n’afiri no so afiri “yɛbɛfa Google” akɔ Codex so, na wɔrebɛfa adwuma no. I just can’t quite tell if, wɔ w’amanneɛbɔ no mu wɔ afe ne fã a atwam no mu no, sɛ ɛte sɛ nea nnipa a na wo ne wɔn rekasa no asesa anaa? Te sɛ wɔn suban ne wɔn gyinapɛn ahorow no, so ɛnonom sesae?
Aane. Misusuw sɛ nea edi kan koraa no, sɛ ɔkasatia a wɔhwehwɛ mu wɔ saa afã yi mu, a efi nnipa pii a wɔwɔ saa nnwumakuw yi mu hɔ wɔ saa bere yi mu — sɛ eyi yɛ adwuma a, ɛmfa ho sɛ ɛwɔ hɔ no, ɛresian akɔ biribi a ɛyɛ mmirikatu a ɛkɔ fam wɔ ahobammɔ ho ne baabi a ahoɔhare redi biribiara a aka no so nkonim — saa dadwen no ayɛ kɛse. Na misusuw sɛ wɔagye saa dadwen ahorow no atom kɛse bere a afe ne fã a atwam no aba no. Bere koro no ara mu no, adwene a nkurɔfo kura wɔ Sam Altman ho no asesa pɔtee. Bere a yefii ase ne sources kasae maa eyi no, na nkurɔfo yɛ leery ankasa, ankasa sɛ wɔbɛfa eyi aka asɛm na wɔakɔ kyerɛwtohɔ no so wɔ eyi ho.
Edu yɛn amanneɛbɔ no awiei no, wowɔ amanneɛbɔ kuw bi a nkurɔfo reka eyi ho asɛm pefee na wɔada no adi pefee, na wowɔ board mufo a wɔreka nsɛm te sɛ, “He’s a pathological liar. He’s a sociopath.” There’s a range of perspectives from, “Eyi yɛ asiane esiane ahobammɔ mu kyɛfa no nti, na yehia saa tech yi akannifo a wɔama nokwaredi so,” all the way up to like, “Wɔ werɛ mfi ahobammɔ mu stakes no, eyi yɛ suban a entumi nnyina adwumakuw kɛse biara mu panyin biara so, sɛ ɛde dysfunction pii ba kɛkɛ.”
Enti nkɔmmɔbɔ no abɛyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee kɛse wɔ ɔkwan bi so a ɛte sɛ nea ebia aka akyi, nanso ɛhyɛ nkuran wɔ ɔkwan biako so. Na Sam Altman, to his credit... Afã no yɛ nea ɛfata yiye na mpo ɛyɛ ayamye, mɛka sɛ, ma Sam. Eyi nyɛ asinasin a na “got you” nneɛma pii wɔ hɔ. Me ne no dii nnɔnhwerew pii, pii wɔ telefon so bere a na yɛrewie eyi na metee no ankasa.
Sɛnea wubetumi asusuw ho no, wɔ asɛm bi a ɛte sɛɛ mu no, ɛnyɛ biribiara na ɛma ɛkɔ mu Saa nsɛm no bi wɔ eyi mu ne sɛ na mifi komam retie. Na sɛ na Sam regye akyinnye ankasa sɛ mete nka sɛ wɔde nsu soa, sɛ biribi, sɛ ɛyɛ nokware mpo a, ebetumi ayɛ nea ɛyɛ nkate a, midii mfomso ankasa wɔ ɔfã a ɛne sɛ mɛkora saa asɛnnibea nhwehwɛmu ne susuw yi so. Enti misusuw sɛ wɔregye saa asɛm no yiye, na mewɔ anidaso ara sɛ saa nokwasɛm kyerɛwtohɔ yi a wɔaboaboa ano wɔ saa bere yi mu no betumi akanyan nkɔmmɔbɔ a ɛyɛ den kɛse a ɛfa hia a ehia sɛ wɔhwɛ so no ho.
Ɛno ne m’asɛmmisa a edi hɔ ankasa. Misusuw sɛ wo ne Sam kasae mpɛn dumien wɔ bere a worebɔ saa asɛm yi ho amanneɛ no mu. Bio, ɛno yɛ nkɔmmɔbɔ pii wɔ bere tenten mu. So wususuwii sɛ Sam sesae wɔ amanneɛbɔ no mu wɔ afe ne fã a atwam no mu?
Aane. Misusuw sɛ subplots a ɛyɛ anigye sen biara wɔ eyi mu biako ne sɛ Sam Altman nso reka saa su yi ho asɛm pefee sen sɛnea na wayɛ bere a atwam no. Sam gyinabea wɔ saa asɛm yi mu nte sɛ, “Biribiara nni hɔ, eyi nyɛ nokware;minnim nea woreka ho asɛm.” Gyinabea a ɔwɔ ne sɛ ɔka sɛ eyi fi su a ɛma nkurɔfo ani gye ne ntawntawdi ho tan bi. He’s acknowledging sɛ ɛde ɔhaw baa no so, titiriw wɔ n’adwuma mfiase.
Ɔreka sɛ, “Wiɛ, meretwam wɔ saa asɛm no ho, anaasɛ ɛsɛ sɛ metu kɔ akyiri kodu baabi.” Misusuw sɛ nea ɛyɛ anigye ankasa ma me ne nnipa kuw a yɛne wɔn kasae a na ɛnyɛ ahobammɔ ho akamfofo bi kɛkɛ, ɛnyɛ mfiridwuma mu nhwehwɛmufo a wɔhyɛ ase a wɔtaa taa nya ahobammɔ ho haw ahorow a emu yɛ den yi nkutoo, na mmom wɔyɛ adwuma, sikakorafo a wɔyɛ adwuma kɛse nso. Wɔyɛ Sam’s akyigyinafo, a wɔ tebea horow bi mu no, wɔhwɛ asɛmmisa yi na wɔka sɛ wɔadi dwuma titiriw mpo wɔ ne sanba mu wɔ tuo a wɔtow no akyi no ho asɛm. Afei, wɔ asɛmmisa yi a ɛfa sɛ ebia wayɛ nsakrae, ne baabi a ntease wɔ saa nsakrae no mu no ho no, wɔka sɛ, “Wiɛ, yɛmaa no mfaso a ɛwɔ adwenem naayɛ no so saa bere no.”
I’m thinking of one prominent investor in particular who said, “Nanso efi saa bere no, ɛte sɛ nea ɛda adi pefee sɛ wɔannyi no amfi mu wɔ nnua dan no akyi,” a na ɛyɛ kasasin a oyi de dii dwuma, kosii baabi a na ɛho hia. Ne saa nti, ɛte sɛ nea mprempren eyi yɛ su a egyina pintinn. Yɛrehu eyi wɔ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ so so. Wubetumi ahwɛ OpenAI’s adwuma akɛse no biabusuabɔ ne ɔkwan a wɔfa so soa saa ahotoso a wonni no mu duru wɔ ɔkwan bi so wɔ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ so so.
Te sɛ nea ɛte wɔ Microsoft ho no, wo ne mpanyimfo a wɔwɔ hɔ kasa, na wɔwɔ dadwen ahorow a emu yɛ den na nnansa yi ara akanyan wɔn. There’s this instance where, on the same day OpenAI is reaffirming its exclusivity with Microsoft with respect to underlying stateless AI models ɛsan nso de apam foforo a ɛne Amazon a ɛfa tɔn adwumayɛbea ano aduru a wɔtɔn de si AI agents a ɛyɛ stateful, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔwɔ memory ho amanneɛbɔ.
Wo ne Microsoft nkurɔfo kasa, na wɔte sɛ, “Ɛno ntumi nyɛ yiye a wo ne nneɛma a ɛwɔ ase a yɛwɔ exclusivity deal wɔ ho no nni nkitaho.” Enti ɛno yɛ nhwɛsoɔ nketewa pii mu baako pɛ a saa su yi wɔ tendrils kɔ adwumayɛ dwumadiɛ a ɛkɔ so bere nyinaa na ɛyɛ asɛm a ɛhaw adwene denneennen wɔ OpenAI’s board mu, wɔ ne executive suite mu, ne tech community a ɛtrɛw no mu.
Wokɔ so ka saa “su” no. Ntrɛwmu bi wɔ asɛm no mu a me fam no ɛte sɛ asɛmti no, na ɛyɛ su a worekyerɛkyerɛ mu no ho nkyerɛkyerɛmu. It’s that “Sam Altman is unconstrained by the truth” na sɛ ɔwɔ “su abien a ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wonhu wɔ onipa koro mu da: nea edi kan ne ɔpɛ a emu yɛ den a ɔwɔ sɛ ɔbɛsɔ nkurɔfo ani, sɛ wɔbɛpɛ n’asɛm wɔ nkitahodi biara a wɔde ama mu, na nea ɛto so abien no yɛ nea ɛkame ayɛ sɛ sociopathic a ondwen nea ebefi mu aba a ebetumi afi obi a wɔdaadaa no mu aba no ho.”
Ɛsɛ sɛ meka kyerɛ wo, mekenkanee saa kasamu no mpɛn 500, na mebɔɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛyɛ m’adwene sɛ mɛka nea nkurɔfo pɛ sɛ wɔpɛ wɔn asɛm bere nyinaa na afei me bo afuw bere a wɔte nka sɛ wɔadi atoro akyerɛ wɔn no. Na mantumi amma me nkate tebea no ante sɛnea saa nneɛma no betumi atra onipa koro no ara mu no ase. Wo ne Sam akasa pii, na wo ne nnipa a wɔanya saa su ahorow yi akasa. Ɔyɛ dɛn?
Aane. Ɛyɛ anigye wɔ onipa gyinabea efisɛ meyɛ kɔ amanneɛbɔ nipadua ahorow te sɛ eyi a mede m’adwene si so ankasa sɛ mɛma obiara a ɔwɔ ne koma mu ayɛ onipa na mahwehwɛ ntease a emu dɔ ne tema. Bere a mebɔɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛfa eyi ho afi nnipa gyinabea kɛse mu na maka sɛ, “Hey, eyi bɛyɛ awerɛhow ama me sɛ nnipa pii a me ne wɔn ayɛ adwuma no ka sɛ meyɛ ɔtorofo a ɔyare no. Wobɛyɛ dɛn soa saa mu duru no? Woka saa asɛm no ho asɛm dɛn wɔ ayaresa mu? Dɛn ne asɛm a woka kyerɛ wo ho wɔ saa asɛm no ho?”
Me nyaa bi, wɔ m’adwene mu, ebia West Coast platitudes fa saa asɛm no ho te sɛ, “Yeah, m’ani gye ahome adwuma ho.” Nanso ɛnyɛ pii a ɛyɛ bracing sense of deep self-confrontation a misusuw sɛ ebia yɛn mu pii benya sɛ yɛrehu saa feedback yi fa yɛn suban ne yɛne nnipa ho.
Misusuw sɛ ɛno kɔ asɛmmisa no ho mmuae a ɛtrɛw no so ankasa, nso. Sam si so dua sɛ saa su yi de ɔhaw aba, nanso ɛsan nso yɛ nea ama no tumi sɛ ɔmma OpenAI nkɔso ntɛmntɛm araa ma otumi ka bom na ɔsɔ nnipa akuw ahorow ani. He’s constantly convincing all of these conflicting constituencies sɛ nea ɛho hia wɔn ne nea odwen ho. Na ɛno betumi ayɛ ahokokwaw a mfaso wɔ so ankasa ama obi a ɔhyehyɛɛ no. Makasa akyerɛ sikakorafo a afei wɔka sɛ, “Wiɛ, ebia ɛyɛ ahokokwaw a mfaso nni so kɛse ma adwumakuw bi a wɔbɛhwɛ so ankasa efisɛ egu akasakasa pii.”
Nanso wɔ Sam ankasa fã no, misusuw sɛ ade a mefa bere a mebɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛka me ho wɔ onipa gyinabea no ne sɛnea ɛda adi sɛ minni akasakasa a emu dɔ, nsusuwii, ne ankasa ho akontaabu, a ɛno nso bɔ saa tumi kɛse anaa asodi ma adwumakuw bi a ɛresiesie ne ho ama IPO no amanneɛ.
Ɔyɛ obi a, wɔ kan board member bi a wɔfrɛ no Sue Yoon nsɛm mu, who’s on the record in the piece saying that to the point of “fecklessness” is the phrase she uses, otumi gye nokwasɛm a ɛsakra wɔ n’atɔn mu nsɛm mu no di ankasa anaasɛ otumi gye ne ho di wɔ ho. Anaasɛ anyɛ yiye koraa no, sɛ onnye wɔn nni a, otumi de wɔn ho hyɛ mu a onni ne ho adwenem naayɛ a ntease wom.
Misusuw sɛ ade a woreka ho asɛm no, baabi a ebia wo anaa me, bere a yɛreka ade no na yɛahu sɛ ɛne awerɛhyem foforo a yɛde ama no bɔ abira no, ɛte sɛ nea yɛwɔ bere tiaa bi a yɛde yɛ nwini anaasɛ yɛbɛhwɛ yɛn ho. Misusuw sɛ ɛno mma no. Na ɛwɔ Silicon Valley hype amammerɛ a ɛtrɛw ne founder amammerɛ a ɛte sɛ nea ɛgye saa tom.
Ɛyɛ serew. Wɔde Verge no asi nea ɛte sɛ ade bi a wɔasan ahwɛ mu sodwumadi no. Ɛyɛ nea yɛyɛ wɔ ha no koma. Mekura Apple R&D dɔla ɔpepepem pɛnkoro afe biara na meka sɛ, “Saa fon yi yɛ ason.” Na ɛte sɛ nea ɛma yɛn amanneɛbɔ ne yɛn adwene a yɛwɔ wɔ mmeae afoforo nyinaa yɛ nea ɛfata. Yɛwɔ nhwehwɛmu adwuma bi, na yɛde bere pii hwɛ AI nneɛma no ara kwa na yɛka sɛ, “So ɛyɛ adwuma?”
Ɛno te sɛ nea ɛyera wɔ nkɔmmɔbɔ pii a ɛfa AI ho sɛnea ɛte nnɛ no mu. Nkɔmmɔbɔ a enni awiei wɔ nea ebia ebetumi ayɛ, sɛnea ebetumi ayɛ asiane no ho. Na afei wotutu fam, na woka sɛ, “So ɛyɛ ade a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ nnɛ no ankasa?” Wɔ tebea horow bi mu no, mmuae no yɛ yiw. Nanso wɔ nsɛm pii, pii mu no, mmuae no yɛ dabi.
Ɛno te sɛ nea ɛne hype amammerɛ a worekyerɛkyerɛ mu no wɔ abusuabɔ na ɛsan nso ne ntease a ɛne sɛ, yiw, sɛ woka sɛ ɛbɛyɛ biribi na ɛnyɛ, na obi te nka bɔne a, eye efisɛ yɛwɔ ade a edi hɔ no so. Ɛno yɛ bere a atwam. Na wɔ AI mu titiriw no, Sam ho akokwaw yiye wɔ bɔhyɛ akɛse no mu.
Dapɛn yi ara, mesusu sɛ da koro no ara a wɔtintim w’asɛm no, OpenAI yii nhyehyɛeɛ krataa bi adi a ɛka sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yɛsan susuw asetena mu apam no ho na yɛnya AI efficiency stipends firi aban hɔ. Eyi yɛ bɔhyɛ kɛse a ɛfa sɛnea mfiridwuma bi betumi akyerɛ wiase daakye ne sɛnea yɛte ase, na ne nyinaa gyina mfiridwuma a ɛyɛ adwuma wɔ ɔkwan pɔtee a ebia wɔahyɛ bɔ sɛ ɛbɛyɛ adwuma anaasɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ adwuma no so.
So wuhui pɛn sɛ Sam gye akyinnye sɛ AI bɛdan AGI anaasɛ superintelligence anaasɛ obedu baabi a obewie? Efisɛ ɛno ne ade a misusuw ho kɛse. So adwene bi wɔ hɔ a ɛfa sɛ ebia saa mfiridwuma titiriw yi betumi ayɛ nneɛma a wɔka sɛ ebetumi ayɛ no nyinaa ho?
Ɛyɛ nsɛmmisa a ɛfata pɛpɛɛpɛ. Mfiridwuma ho abenfo a wogye wɔn di wɔ hɔ a yɛne wɔn kasae wɔ amanneɛbɔ kuw yi mu — na ɛda adi sɛ Sam Altman nyɛ obiako; he’s a business person — a wɔka sɛ ɔkwan a Sam fa so ka bere nhyehyɛe ma saa tech yi ho asɛm no yɛ akyirikyiri kɛkɛ. Blog posts bi wɔ hɔ a ɛkɔ akyiri mfeɛ kakra a Sam reka sɛ, "Yɛadu event horizon no ho dedaw. AGI wɔ ha titiriw. Superintelligence abɛn. Yɛrekɔ okyinnsoromma afoforo so. Yɛrekɔsa kokoram ahorow nyinaa." Nokwarem no, m’anyɛ embellishing.
Kokoram de no yɛ anigye ankasa, sɛ Sam reyɛ hyping up onipa a theoretically saa wɔn kraman kokoram denam ChatGPT, na ɛno kɛkɛ ansi. Wɔne ChatGPT kasae, na ɛno boaa wɔn ma wɔkyerɛɛ nhwehwɛmufo binom a wɔyɛɛ adwuma no ankasa kwan, nanso obiakofo, saa adwinnade yi saa ɔkraman yi yare no nyɛ asɛm no ankasa.
I’m glad you raised that point because mepɛ sɛ mekɔ so kɔ saa asɛm kɛseɛ yi so fa berɛ a tumi ne asiane a ɛwɔ mfiridwuma no mu nyinaa bɛkɔ vest ankasa. Nanso ɛfata sɛ yɛka saa asides nketewa yi a ɛba bere nyinaa fi Sam Altman hɔ, faako a ɛte sɛ nea ɔde saa su yi nyinaa hyɛ mu bio no ho asɛm.
Mekyerɛ sɛ, sɛ yɛde WilmerHale amanneɛbɔ no nhwɛsoɔ bedi dwuma, faako a na yɛwɔ saa nsɛm yi a wɔasie sɛ yɛankyerɛw, na yɛpɛ sɛ yɛhunu sɛ ebia wɔde ano ka tiawa a ɛwɔ kwan no so no maa obi foforɔ biara a ɛnyɛ board mufoɔ mmienu a Sam boa ma wɔde sii hɔ sɛ wɔbɛhwɛ so. Na ɔkaa sɛ, “Yiw, yiw, dabi, megye di sɛ wɔde maa obiara a ɔde ne ho bɔɔ board no akyi.” Na yɛwɔ obi a ɔwɔ tebea no ho nimdeɛ tẽẽ a ɔka sɛ ɛyɛ atosɛm ara kwa. Na ɛte sɛ nea ɛte saa ankasa, sɛ ɛnyɛ nokware. Sɛ yɛpɛ sɛ yɛyɛ ayamyefo a, ebia wɔmaa no nsɛm a ɛnteɛ.
Saa awerɛhyem a wɔde ma kwa yi pii wɔ hɔ. Na mede saa nhwɛsoɔ no di dwuma fã bi ɛfiri sɛ ɛno yɛ nhwɛsoɔ kɛseɛ a ɛfa dissembling, momma yɛmfrɛ no, a ɛbɛtumi anya nsunsuansoɔ ankasa wɔ mmara kwan so. Ɛho nhia sɛ meka kyerɛ wo, wɔ Delaware adwumakuw mmara ase, sɛ saa adwumakuw yi IPOs, kyɛfafo betumi, wɔ ɔfa 220 ase, anwiinwii wɔ eyi ho na wɔahwehwɛ nkrataa a ɛhyɛ ase. Adwumakuo no mufoɔ wɔ hɔ dedaw a wɔreka nsɛm te sɛ, “Wiɛ, twɛn kakra, anka ɛsɛ sɛ saa nsɛm tiawa no ba.”
Enti saa nneɛma yi a ɛte sɛ nea ehuruw fi n’anom bere nyinaa no, ebetumi anya gua so nkɛntɛnso ankasa, nkɛntɛnso ankasa ama OpenAI. Bringing it back to the kind of utopian hype language that’s resurfaced, me susu sɛ ɛnyɛ coincidentally da a saa piece yi puei no, ɛsan nso ka yɛn nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ asiane no yɛ acute paa wɔ obuo a ɛfa sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ no howɔde di dwuma wɔ akode mu, ɔkwan a wɔfa so de hu nnuru a wɔde di ako, nsɛm a ɛnteɛ a ebetumi aba, ne esiane ɔkwan a ɛte sɛ nea utopian hype no rekanyan sikasɛm ho abenfo pii a wotumi gye wɔn di ma wɔka sɛ, “Eyi wɔ sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ahurututu nyinaa.”
Sam Altman mpo aka sɛ, “Obi bɛhwere sika pii wɔ ha.” Ɛno betumi asɛe Amerika ne wiase nyinaa sikasɛm mu nkɔso pii ankasa, sɛ ɛte sɛ nokware puncturing of a bubble a ɛfa saa nnwumakuw yi nyinaa a wɔne wɔn ho wɔn ho yɛ apam, kɔ ne nyinaa mu wɔ AI so bere a wɔbɔ bosea kɛse saa a. Enti deɛ Sam Altman ka no ho hia, na mesusu sɛ nnipa dodoɔ a wɔatwa ne ho ahyia, wokaa sɛ yɛne bɛboro ɔha kasaeɛ, nokwarem no na ɛboro ɔha koraa. Yɛbɔɔ nkɔmmɔ wɔ baabi a yɛrewie no baabi a ɛte sɛ, “So ɛbɛyɛ ketewaa dodo sɛ yɛbɛka sɛ ɛte sɛ dodow a ɛkɔ soro koraa yi?” Na yɛte sɛ, “Yeah, momma yɛnbrɛ yɛn ho ase. Yɛbɛbɔ no cool.” Nanso na nnipa pii wɔ hɔ na wɔn mu dodow no ara a ɛda nsow saa reka sɛ, “Eyi yɛ ade a ɛhaw adwene.” Na misusuw sɛ ɛno nkutoo nti na ɛte saa.
Ma memmisa wo saa nɔma no ho asɛm. Sɛnea wokae no, nkurɔfo buee wɔn ho ano kɛse kaa nneɛma a ɛhaw wɔn ho asɛm bere a bere kɔɔ so no. Ɛte sɛ nea nhyɛso a atwa bubble no ho ahyia — mmirikatu a wɔde di nkonim, sɛ wobetua sika a wɔde asie yi nyinaa, sɛ wobepue sɛ nkonimdifo, akɔ IPO — asesa suban pii. Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ɛde nhyɛso kɛse baa Sam ne OpenAI so.
Yɛtintim asɛm bi dapɛn yi a ɛfa OpenAI vibes ho ara kwa. W’asɛm no yɛ ne fã, nanso nsakraeɛ kɛseɛ aba adwumayɛfoɔ mu wɔ adwumayɛfoɔ dibea mu wɔ OpenAI — nkurɔfoɔ reba na wɔrekɔ. Nhwehwɛmufo no nyinaa de wɔn ani kyerɛ akyirikyiri, titiriw no, Anthropic, a misusuw sɛ ɛyɛ anigye ankasa. Wubetumi ahu ara sɛ adwumakuw yi rete nhyɛso no nka, na ɛreyɛ saa nhyɛso no ho biribi wɔ ɔkwan bi so.
Nanso afei misusuw Sam a woyii no fii adwumam no ho. Eyi yɛ nea mɛkae ara kwa. It’s memorable for no one else, nanso me faa source call wɔ Bronx Zoo wɔ 7PM Fida bi, na ɛyɛ obi a ɔreka sɛ wɔbɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛsan de Sam aba. Na afei yɛde dapɛn awiei no taa saa asɛm no akyi. Na na mete sɛ, “Mewɔ mmoa yɛmmea hɔ.Dɛn na wopɛ sɛ meyɛ wɔ ha?” Na mmuae no ne sɛ, “Tena telefon so.” Wiɛ, na me babea no te sɛ, “Sian fi telefon so.” Na ɛno ne nea meyɛe.
Ná ɛyɛ teaseɛnam anaa owu na ama Sam asan aba. Saa adwumakuw no te sɛ, “Dabi, yɛremma board no ntu Sam Altman mfi adwumam.” Sikakorafoɔ no, wɔafa wɔn asɛm aka wɔ wo asɛm no mu sɛ, “Yɛkɔɔ ɔko,” mesusu sɛ, ɛyɛ Thrive Capital gyinabea, “sɛ yɛbɛsan anya Sam.” Microsoft kɔɔ ɔko mu sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛsan anya Sam. It’s later, and now everyone’s like, "Yɛrekɔ IPO. Yɛduruu finish line. Yɛsan nyaa yɛn guy no bio, na ɔde yɛn bɛkɔ finish line. Yɛhaw yɛn ho sɛ ɔyɛ ɔtorofoɔ.”
Dɛn nti na na ɛyɛ ɔko sɛ wɔbɛma wasan aba saa bere no? Efisɛ ɛte sɛ nea biribiara asesa ankasa. Woka memos a Ilya Sutskever ne [Anthropic CEO] Dario Amodei siee bere a na wɔyɛ Sam Altman bere sofo no ho asɛm. Nea na ɛhaw Ilya a edi kan ne sɛ Sam yɛ ɔtorofo.
Ɛno mu biara nsakrae. Enti dɛn nti na na ɛyɛ ɔko sɛ wɔde no bɛsan aba saa bere no? Na afei a yɛadu baabi a yɛrewie no, ɛte sɛ nea nneɛma a ɛhaw adwene nyinaa da adi pefee.
Wiɛ, nea edi kan koraa no, kyɛw ma wo babea ne me hokafo ne nnipa afoforo a wɔatwa nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo no ho ahyia no nyinaa.
[Ɔserew] Ná ɛyɛ dapɛn awiei koraa ma obiara.
Yeah, ɛfa obi nkwa ampa, na akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ saa asɛm yi wɔ me de, wɔ bere a etwa to no mu. Ɛfa saa asɛmti yi a ɛfa nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ ne nsɛm a wobenya ho ankasa, misusuw sɛ. Sikakorafoɔ a wɔkɔɔ ɔko maa Sam ne wɔn nyinaa dii dwuma wɔ hwɛ a wɔhwɛɛ sɛ ɔbɛsan aba, ne board a na wɔayɛ no pɔtee sɛ wɔbɛbɔ nonprofit’s mission ho ban sɛ wɔde ahobanbɔ bɛto nkɔsoɔ so na sɛ wɔantumi annye wɔn anni saa a, wɔbɛtu adwumayɛfoɔ panin bi adwuma no, wɔkɔeɛ. Na ɛno nyinaa ne sɛ, yiw, na gua so nkannyan no wɔ hɔ, ɛnte saa?
Sam tumi maa nkurɔfo gye dii sɛ, “Wiɛ, adwumakuw no bɛhwe ase kɛkɛ.” Nanso nea enti a onyaa mmoa ne nsɛm a na onni. Saa sikasɛm mu asisifo no, wɔ nsɛm pii mu no, mprempren ka sɛ, “Mehwɛ m’akyi, na misusuw sɛ anka ɛsɛ sɛ minya nsɛm pii sɛ anka minim nea wɔka no yiye ne nea ɛhaw me a.”
Ɛnyɛ wɔn nyinaa;adwene gu ahorow, na yɛfa adwene ahorow bi ka, nanso ɛho hia bi wɔ hɔ a na wɔreyɛ ade wɔ info a ɛyɛ fã kɛse so. Wɔ obiako a na ɔwɔ board no so no nsɛm mu no, na board a ɛpow Sam no yɛ “JV paa,” na wɔbɔɔ bɔɔl no denneennen. Na yɛkyerɛw anwiinwii a ɛwɔ ase no, na nkurɔfo ankasa betumi asi gyinae sɛ ebia ɛboaboa ano kɔ dadwen a egye ntɛmpɛ a wɔtee nka sɛ ɛyɛ no mu, nanso na wɔmfa saa akyinnyegye no ne saa nsɛm no mma.
Wonyaa nea mprempren wɔn mu binom gye tom sɛ ɛyɛ mmara mu afotu bɔne. Sɛ yɛbɛkyerɛkyerɛ mu a, wobɛkae asɛm a wɔafa aka no, na ebia w’atiefo ne wɔn a wɔhwɛ no mu pii bɛkae asɛm a wɔafa aka no sɛ ɛnyɛ nokware. Ɛno ne nea wɔtew so kɔɔ so, na afei ne titiriw no, wɔrennye frɛ.
Ná wɔrennye frɛ. Migye di sɛ woabɔ mmɔden. Obiara a minim no bɔɔ mmɔden, na ɛkɔɔ baabi a, sɛ́ nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo no, ɛnsɛ sɛ wode afotu ma wo fibea ahorow, nanso na mete sɛ, “Eyi bɛkɔ sɛ woanfi ase ankyerɛkyerɛ wo ho mu a.”
Na ɛno na ɛbaa. Wo werɛ mfi nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo. Na wowɔ Satya Nadella a ɔreka sɛ, “Dɛn koraa na esii? Mintumi nnya obiara nkyerɛkyerɛ mu nkyerɛ me.” Na ɛno ne adwumakuw no sikasɛm mu mmoa titiriw. Na afei wowɔ Satya a ɔrefrɛ [LinkedIn co-founder] Reid Hoffman na Reid frɛ atwa ho ahyia na waka sɛ, “Minnim nea fuck no sii.”
Ntease wom sɛ wɔwɔ saa nsɛm a hwee nni mu no mu, na wɔrehwehwɛ atetesɛm mu nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛnyɛ AI a ɛbɛma ɛfata sɛ wɔtow tuo a egye ntɛmpɛ, mpofirim saa. Te sɛ, okay, so na ɛyɛ nna mu nsɛmmɔnedi? So na ɛyɛ sika a wɔde di dwuma ɔkwammɔne so? Na akyinnyegye a ɛyɛ anifere, nanso misusuw sɛ ntease wom, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ saa tech yi yɛ soronko na saa atoro nketewa a wɔaboaboa ano daa yi betumi anya mfaso a ntease wom ama adwuma yi ne ebia wiase no nyinaa, yerae kɛse. Enti kapitalist nkannyan dii nkonim, nanso nnipa a wɔyɛɛ no nso fii adi na na ɛnyɛ bere nyinaa na wɔde nsɛm a edi mũ na ɛyɛ adwuma.
Mepɛ sɛ mibisa “nea obiara susuwii sɛ ɛyɛ” afã no ho asɛm kɛkɛ bere tiaa bi, efisɛ akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ mihuu amanneɛbɔ no, na mekae sɛ, “Oo, ɛbɛyɛ sɛ biribi bɔne bi asi.” Woayɛ #MeToo amanneɛbɔ pii, agye din. Wobubuu Harvey Weinstein asɛm no.
Wode bere pii bɔɔ amanneɛ wɔ saa nsɛm yi a misusuw sɛ wusii gyinae sɛ awiei koraa no enni nnyinaso ho: sɛ Altman too mmofra nkumaa mmonnaa anaasɛ ɔfaa nna ho adwumayɛfo, anaasɛ mpo okum OpenAI amanneɛbɔfo bi. Mekyerɛ sɛ, wo ne onipa a wobɛtumi abɔ saa nneɛma yi ho amanneɛ katee paa. So wusii gyinae sɛ ɛnyɛ hwee?
Wiɛ, hwɛ, m’ani nnye adwuma a ɛne sɛ mɛka sɛ biribi asɛe no mu. Nea metumi aka ne sɛ mede asram pii hwɛɛ saa nsɛm yi na manhu nea ɛfoa so. Na ɛyɛɛ me nwonwa sɛ saa mmarima yi, saa nnwumakuo yi a wɔwɔ tumi kɛseɛ wɔ yɛn daakye so no, ampa ara wɔde wɔn berɛ ne wɔn ahodeɛ dodoɔ a ɛnsɛ wɔ mmofra atɛkyɛ akodie mu.
Adwumayɛfo panyin bi ka ho asɛm sɛ “Shakespeare de.” Ankorankoro nhwehwɛmufo sika dodow ne ɔsɔretia nkrataa a wɔreboaboa ano no yɛ nea wontumi nnyae. Na nea ɛyɛ awerɛhow ne sɛ salacious nneɛma a Sam’s akansifo nya parroted no, yɛ nea wɔfa no sɛ ɛyɛ nokwasɛm ara kwa, ɛnte saa? There’s this allegation sɛ ɔtaa mmarimaa a wonnii mfe aduonu akyi, na wɔ cocktail apontow pii mu wɔ Silicon Valley no, wote eyi. Wɔ nhyiamu amansin no mu no, mate sɛ adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔgye di, a wɔagye din asan aka no ara kwa sɛ: “Obiara nim sɛ yei yɛ nokwasɛm.”
Awerɛhosɛm ne sɛ meka baabi a eyi fi, vector ahorow a ɛnam so de kɔ no ho asɛm. Ɛte sɛ nea Elon Musk ne n’ahokafo repiapia dossiers a ɛyɛ den ankasa a ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ hwee. They’re vaporous bere a wufi ase hwɛ nsɛm a ɛwɔ ase no ankasa. Awerɛhosɛm ne sɛ ɛkata ɔkasatia a egyina adanse so kɛse wɔ ha a misusuw sɛ ɛfata sɛ wɔhwɛ so ntɛm ara na wosusuw ho ankasa no so ankasa.
Asɛmti foforo a ɛba ankasa wɔ asɛm no mu no yɛ ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ehu a ɛte sɛ Sam wɔ nnamfo pii — ɔde ne sika ahyɛ nnwumakuw pii mu fi ne dwumadi a atwam sɛ Y Combinator CEO, kosi n’ankasa sika a ɔde ahyɛ mu ara kwa, a ebinom ne ne dwumadi sɛ OpenAI CEO bɔ abira tẽẽ — na kommyɛ atwa ne ho ahyia.
Ɛyɛɛ me nwonwa bere a na merekenkan nkyekyem biako titiriw no. Woka Ilya Sutskever memos ho asɛm, na ɛwɔ Silicon Valley ara kwa. Obiarafrɛ wɔn Ilya memos. Nanso kommyɛ mpo wɔ saa asɛm no ho. Wɔde wɔn twam, nanso wɔnka wɔn ho asɛm. Wususuw sɛ ɛhe na ɛno fi? So ɛyɛ ehu? So ɛyɛ ɔpɛ a wɔwɔ sɛ wobenya abɔfo sika? Ɛhe na ɛno fi?
Misusuw sɛ ɛyɛ ahufo pii, mɛka nokware. Esiane sɛ wɔabɔ ɔman ahobammɔ ho nsɛm a fibea ahorow no yɛ wɔn a wɔbɔ amanneɛ a wogyina hɔ sɛ wɔbɛhwere biribiara na wɔahyia asɛm no ho amanneɛ nti, wɔda so ara yɛ ade a ɛteɛ na wɔka nneɛma ho asɛm de ma wobu akontaa. I’ve worked on the sex crimes-related stories that you mentioned, baabi a fibea ahorow no ho yeraw wɔn kɛse na wosuro aweredi bi a ɛyɛ ankorankoro de ankasa.
Wɔ nsɛm pii mu wɔ saa beat yi ho no, wo ne nnipa a wɔwɔ wɔn ankasa profile ne tumi redi. Wɔn ankasa yɛ nnipa a wɔagye din anaasɛ nnipa a wɔagye din atwa wɔn ho ahyia. Wɔwɔ aguadi asetra a emu yɛ den. Wɔ m’adwene mu no, nokwarem no, ɛyɛ exposure a ɛba fam koraa ma wɔn sɛ wɔbɛka saa nneɛma yi ho asɛm. Na anigyesɛm ne sɛ, ade no retu sɛnea yɛadi kan aka ho asɛm no, na mprempren nkurɔfo rekasa pii.
Nanso bere tenten a ɛte saa no, nkurɔfo yɛ komm ara kwa ankasa wɔ ho efisɛ misusuw sɛ Silicon Valley amammerɛ no yɛ nea ɛfa wɔn ankasa ho a ɛnyɛ mmɔborohunu ara kwa na ɛyɛ aguadi ne nkɔso a ɛyɛ atirimɔdensɛm ara kwa. Enti misusuw sɛ eyi haw nnipa bi mpo a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛɛ Sam a woyii wɔn fii adwumam mu, faako a wuhui wɔ nna a edi hɔ no mu, yiw, ade biako a ɛmaa ɔsan bae na woyii board mufo dedaw fii adwumam ne sɛ ɔboaboaa sikakorafo a na wɔn adwene atu afra wɔ n’asɛm no ho ano.
Nanso foforo ne sɛ nnipa afoforo pii a wɔatwa ho ahyia a na wɔwɔ dadwen ahorow no na wɔde nne mae ntɛm ara no bobɔw te sɛ ntama a wɔde kyekyere wɔn ho kɛkɛ na wɔsesaa wɔn nnwom bere a wohui sɛ mframa no rebɔ ɔkwan foforo so no, na wɔpɛe sɛ wɔkɔ mu wɔ mfaso keteke no mu.
Ɛyɛ sum fɛfɛɛfɛ, nokwarem no, wɔ m’adwene mu sɛ amanneɛbɔfo.
Saa nnipa no bi ne Mira Murati, a, megye di sɛ, simma 20 na ɔyɛ OpenAI CEO foforo. Afei wɔde no sii n’ananmu. Na ɛyɛ tumi a ɛyɛ den yiye, na ɛda adi sɛ, Sam san bae. Onipa foforo no ne Ilya Sutskever, a na ɔyɛ abatow a wɔtow hyɛɛ Sam fii hɔ no mu biako, na afei ɔsesaa n’adwene, anaasɛ anyɛ yiye koraa no ɔkae sɛ ɔsesaa n’adwene, na afei ofii hɔ kɔhyɛɛ n’ankasa adwumakuw ase. Wunim nea ɛmaa ɔsesaa n’adwene? So na ɛyɛ sika kɛkɛ?
Wiɛ, na sɛ mɛma emu ada hɔ a, ɛnyɛ sɛ merebɔ saa baanu no biako. Board members afoforo bi wɔ hɔ a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛɛ tuo no mu a wɔn nso yɛɛ komm kɛse wɔ ɛno akyi. Misusuw sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔhaw a ɛtrɛw a wɔaboaboa ano. Wɔ tebea horow bi mu no, eyinom yɛ nnipa a na wɔwɔ abrabɔ pa ho nhama a wɔde bɔ kɔkɔbɔ na wɔyɛ ade kɛse, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkamfo ɛno. Na saa na woma awerɛhyem sɛ wobebu akontaa. Anka ɛno betumi aboa nnipa pii a saa mfiridwuma yi aka wɔn no. Anka ebetumi aboa adwumakuw bi ma wɔakɔ so de wɔn adwene asi ahobammɔ so wɔ ɔkwan a ntease wom so.
Nanso sɛ wo ne wɔn a wɔbɔ amanneɛ ne nnipa a wɔbɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛkanyan saa akontaabu no pii redi a, wuhu nso sɛ egye nhama a ɛbɛma woabɔ mu na woagyina wo gyidi ahorow akyi. Na nnipa a wonnyina wɔn gyidi ahorow akyi kɛkɛ ahyɛ saa adwuma yi mu ma ampa.
Ɛwom mpo sɛ wosusuw sɛ wɔrekyekye dijitaal Nyame a ɔkwan bi so no ebeyi adwumayɛfo nyinaa afi hɔ anaasɛ ɛbɛma adwumayɛfo pii aba de, nanso biribi bɛba.
Wiɛ, ɛno ne ade no. Enti amammerɛ a ɛne sɛ wunnyina wo gyidi ahorow akyi ne abrabɔ pa ho dadwen nyinaa a ɛhwe ase wɔ kwan ho bere a ɔhyew biara anaa biribiara a ebetumi de w’ankasa gyinabea ato asiane mu wɔ adwuma no mu no yɛ ebia ne nyinaa ye na eye kodu baabi ma nnwumakuw a wɔyɛ adwuma sɛnea wɔtaa yɛ a wɔreyɛ widget biara.
Nanso eyinom nso yɛ nnipa koro no ara a wɔreka sɛ, “Eyi betumi akum yɛn nyinaa ankasa.” Na bio, ɛnsɛ sɛ wokɔ Terminator Skynet extreme no so. Asiane ahorow bi wɔ hɔ a ɛrebam dedaw. Ɛyɛ nokware, na ɛteɛ sɛ wɔbɔ kɔkɔ wɔ saa asɛm no ho, nanso anka ɛsɛ sɛ woma obi foforo bi wɔ akongua mu adwene mu sɛnea saa nneɛma abien no betumi atra nnipa koro no ara mu a wɔrebɔ kɔkɔbɔ a egye ntɛmpɛ no, ebia wɔde nansoaa bi rehyɛ mu na wɔrebɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛyɛ biribi, na afei wɔrebobɔw kɛkɛ na wɔayɛ komm.
Ɛno nti pɛpɛɛpɛ na wubetumi anya saa nhwɛso ahorow yi a ɛfa nneɛma a wɔasiw ano na wɔprapra nneɛma wɔ rug ase, na obiara nka ho asɛm pefee saa mfe pii wɔ nokwasɛm no akyi.
Abɔde mu fã a ɛwɔ asɛyɛde wɔ ha no renyɛ nnwumakuw yi mpanyimfo; na ɛbɛyɛ nniso ahorow. Wɔ United States no, ebiaɛyɛ ɔman nniso ahorow, ebia ɛyɛ aban a ɛwɔ ɔman no mu.
Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ, saa nnwumakuw yi nyinaa pɛ sɛ wɔyɛ wiase nyinaa de. Wiase nyinaa nkyerɛkyerɛmu pii wɔ ha. Mehwɛɛ OpenAI, Google, ne Anthropic nyinaa kanyan Biden aban no ma woyi AI adwumayɛfo ahyɛde bi adi. Ná ɛyɛ fɛ a enni sẽ wɔ awiei koraa no. Ɛkaa kɛkɛ sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka nea wɔn mfonini ahorow no tumi yɛ ho asɛm na woyi ahobammɔ ho sɔhwɛ ahorow bi adi. Na afei wɔn nyinaa gyinaa Trump akyi, na Trump baa mu na ɔpopaa saa nneɛma no nyinaa na ɔkaa sɛ, "Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛsi akan. It’s a free-for-all. Go for it."
Bere koro no ara mu no, wɔn nyinaa rebɔ mmɔden sɛ wobenya sika afi Mfinimfini Apuei aman a wɔwɔ ngo sika pii na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsakra wɔn sikasɛm no hɔ. Ɛnonom yɛ amammuifo. Mete nka sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ amammuifo te ase ampa sɛ obi rekasa afi wɔn ano afã abien no nyinaa, na sɛ obi abam bu wɔ awiei koraa no a, wɔrenhaw wɔn dodo, nanso wɔde amammuifo no rekɔ teaseɛnam, nso. Wususuw sɛ dɛn nti na ɛte saa?
Misusuw sɛ eyi ne nea enti a asɛm no ho hia wɔ m’adwene mu ne nea enti a na ɛfata sɛ mede bere ne nsɛm a ɛkɔ akyiri yi nyinaa di dwuma no ankasa. Yɛwɔ tebea bi a nhyehyɛe ahorow a sɛnea woka no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɛde ɔhwɛ ma no yɛ tokuru kɛkɛ. Ɛno yɛ Citizens United America akyi, baabi a sika a ɛkɔ no yɛ nea wontumi nsiw ano saa, na ɛyɛ saa ɔhaw no a wɔde asie titiriw a atwa AI ho ahyia, baabi a saa PAC ahorow yi wɔ hɔ a ɛredɔɔso na ɛreyiri afa sika de asɛe mmara a ntease wom wɔ ɔman ne aban gyinabea nyinaa.
Wowɔ [OpenAI co-founder] Greg Brockman, Sam’s second in command, a ɔboa tẽẽ wɔ ɔkwan titiriw so ma wɔn mu baanu bi. Ɛde tebea bi a mmarahyɛ baguafo ne wɔn a wobetumi ayɛ mmarahyɛfo a wɔkyere wɔn ankasa ba, na ɛno yɛ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ den sɛ wobefi mu. Awerɛhosɛm ne sɛ, mesusu sɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛnyɛ den wɔ hɔ, a wɔresɔ ebinom ahwɛ wɔ wiase mmeaeɛ foforɔ, a ɛbɛboa wɔ saa akontabuo ho haw yi bi ho.
Wubetumi anya ahobammɔ ho sɔhwɛ a ɛyɛ ahyɛde kɛse ansa na wɔde ahyɛ mu, a ɛyɛ biribi a ɛrekɔ so dedaw wɔ Europa ma ɔhye so mfonini ahorow. Wubetumi anya ɔmanfo kyerɛwtohɔ a wɔakyerɛw ahwehwɛde a emu yɛ den kɛse ama nhwehwɛmu ahorow a wɔyɛ wɔ emu nhwehwɛmu ahorow a yehuu nneɛma a wɔankyerɛw wɔ asɛm yi mu no. Wubetumi anya ɔman ahobammɔ nhwehwɛmu akwan a ɛyɛ den kɛse ama Mfinimfini Apuei nnwuma ho atirimpɔw ahorow a na Sam Altman repiapia no.
Sɛnea woka no, na ɔreyɛ saa bait yi na ɔne Biden nniso no sesa, na ɔka sɛ, “Monhyɛ yɛn ho mmara, hyɛ yɛn ho mmara,” na ɔreboa wɔn ma wɔayɛ executive order, na afei bere a Trump bɛkɔ mu no, nokwarem wɔ nna a edi kan koraa no mu no, kɛkɛ kɔ no holds barred, “Let’s accelerate and let’s build a massive data center campus in Abu Dhabi.” Wubetumi anya, eyi yɛ nea ɛyɛ mmerɛw ankasa, te sɛ whistleblower ahobammɔ. Ɔman mmara biara nni hɔ a ɛbɔ AI adwumakuw adwumayɛfo a wɔda ahobammɔ ho haw ahorow yi a wɔde reto gua wɔ saa asɛm yi mu adi no ho ban.
Yɛwɔ nsɛm a Jan Leike, a na ɔyɛ ahobammɔ guy panyin wɔ OpenAI, na odi super alignment anim wɔ adwumakuw no mu. Ɔkyerɛw kɔma board no, titiriw no whistleblower material, na ɔka sɛ adwumakuw no refi keteke kwan no so wɔ wɔn ahobammɔ asɛmpatrɛw adwuma no mu. Ɛnonom ne nnipa ahodoɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ wonya ɔhwɛfoɔ kuo a wɔbɛtumi akɔ wɔn nkyɛn ankasa, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔnya mmara kwan so ahobanbɔ a ɛda adi pefee a ɛte sɛ deɛ yɛhunu wɔ nnwuma foforɔ mu. Eyi yɛ mmerɛw sɛ wobesuasua nniso a ɛte sɛ Sarbanes-Oxley de no.
Misusuw sɛ ɛmfa ho sɛnea ɔhaw no mu yɛ den sɛ Silicon Valley begye tumidi nneɛma nyinaa so tumi, ne sɛnea saa ahyehyɛde ahorow yi bi a ebia ɛbɛma wɔahwɛ so na wɔabɔ wɔn ho ban no ayɛ tokuru no, meda so ara gye demokrase ne amammuifo a wɔpɛ wɔn ankasa yiyedi ho akontaabu titiriw di. Na nhwehwɛmu ho nsɛm pii reda adi a ɛkyerɛ sɛ Amerikafo dodow no ara susuw sɛ mprempren AI ho dadwen, nsemmisa, anaa asiane ahorow boro mfaso a ɛwɔ so no so.
Enti mesusu sɛ sika a ɛreyiri akɔ amammuisɛm mu a ɛfiri AI mu no, ɛwɔ yɛn tumi nyinaa mu sɛ yɛbɛma ɛno ayɛ asɛmmisa agyiraeɛhyɛdeɛ fibea wɔ obuo a wɔde ma amammuifoɔ ho. Sɛ Amerikafo kɔ tow aba a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwehwɛ mu yiye sɛ ebia nnipa a wɔtow aba ma wɔn no, titiriw sɛ wɔnkasa tia na wɔsɔre tia mmara a, esiane saa nsɛm a ɛhaw adwene yi nyinaa nti, mfiridwuma mu anigye titiriw na ɛde sika ma anaa. Enti mesusu sɛ sɛ nkurɔfoɔ tumi kenkan asinasin te sɛ yei, tie podcast te sɛ yei, na wɔdwene ho araa ma wɔdwene ho yiewɔn gyinaesi ahorow sɛ abatowfo no, hokwan ankasa wɔ hɔ sɛ wɔbɛma amansin bi aba Washington a ananmusifo a wɔhwɛ wɔn so na wɔhyɛ wɔn so.
Ebia ɛno yɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ anidaso sen biara a mate pɛn sɛ obi reka afa mprempren AI adwuma no ho no mu biako. M’ani sɔ. M’ani agye polling a woreka ho asɛm no ho. Ɛwɔ hɔ pii mprempren. It’s all pretty consistent, na ɛte sɛ dodow a mmerante ne mmabaa, titiriw, de wɔn ho hyɛ AI mu no, dodow no ara na wonni ahotoso na wɔn bo fuw wɔ ho. Ɛno ne valence a ɛwɔ polling no nyinaa mu. Na mehwɛ saa, na mesusu sɛ, yie, yeah, amammuifoɔ anyansafoɔ bɛtu mmirika atia saa kɛkɛ. Na wɔbɛka kɛkɛ sɛ, “Yɛrebɛbu big tech akontaabu.”
Afei medwene mfeɛ aduonu a atwam no ho, ɔmanyɛfoɔ bi ka sɛ wɔbɛbu big tech akonta, na merepere sɛ mɛnya berɛ baako mpo a wɔde big tech bɛbu akontaa. Adeɛ baako pɛ a ɛma mesusu sɛ ebia yei bɛyɛ soronko ne sɛ, yie, nokwarem no, ɛsɛ sɛ wosi data centers no, na wobɛtumi ato aba atia saa, na wobɛtumi de adesrɛ akɔtoa saa, na wobɛtumi akasa atia saa.
Mesusu sɛ ɔmanyɛfoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a wɔtoo wɔn fie tuo kɛkɛ ɛfiri sɛ wɔtoo aba maa data center. Nhyɛso no redu, mɛfrɛ no, atiridiinini a ɛyɛ den. Woaka nsupɔw a ɛwɔ Silicon Valley no ho asɛm. Eyi yɛ abɔde a nkwa wom a wɔato mu. Ɛte sɛ nea wosusuw sɛ wobetumi atu mmirika wiase no. Wɔde sika tɔn bi rehyɛ amammuisɛm mu, na wɔretu mmirika atia nokwasɛm a ɛyɛ sɛ nkurɔfo ani nnye nneɛma no ho, a ɛmma wɔn nkataso pii. Dodow a wɔde nneɛma no di dwuma no, dodow no ara na ɛhaw wɔn, na amammuifo no afi ase rehu sɛ nea efi mu ba ankasa wɔ mmoa a wɔde ma tech adwuma no mu sen nnipa a wogyina hɔ ma wɔn no.
Wo ne nnipa pii akasa. So wususuw sɛ ebetumi aba sɛ tech adwumayɛfo no besua asuade a ɛwɔ wɔn anim pɛɛ no?
Woka sɛ ɛte sɛ nea wosusuw sɛ wobetumi atu mmirika wiase no a wonni akontaabu. Minsusuw mpo sɛ ɛno hia “te nka sɛ” qualifier no. Mekyerɛ sɛ, wohwɛ kasa a Peter Thiel de redi dwuma no, ɛyɛ pefee. Nokwarem no, ɛno yɛ nhwɛso a ɛtra so. Na Sam Altman, ɛwom sɛ ɔne Thiel adwene bɛn na ɔma ohu kodu baabi de, nanso ɔyɛ onipa soronko koraa a ebia ɔte sɛ nea ɔyɛ soronko na wɔsusuw no kɛse kosi baabi.
Nanso misusuw sɛ adwene a ɛtrɛw a wunya fi Thiel hɔ, a ne titiriw no: Yɛawie demokrase, yenhia bio. Yɛwɔ nneɛma pii araa ma yɛpɛ sɛ yɛyɛ yɛn ankasa bunkers nketewa kɛkɛ. Yɛne Carnegies anaa Rockefellers nni nkitaho bio, baabi a wɔyɛ nnipa bɔne, nanso wɔte nka sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ asetena mu apam mu na wɔkyekye nneɛma ma nkurɔfo. Nihilism ankasa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔde ahyɛ mu.
Na misusuw sɛ ɛyɛ nkuruwankuruwa a ɛhyɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho den ara kwa wɔ Amerika abakɔsɛm a ɛbaa nnansa yi mu a ɛfa moguls ne ankorankoro nnwumakuw a wɔanya aban tumi a ɛkorɔn bere a wɔde demokrase ahyehyɛde ahorow a ebia ɛbɛma wɔabu akontaa no ayɛ tokuru no. Mente nka sɛ mewɔ anidaso wɔ adwene a ɛne sɛ ebia saa mmarima no bɛsɔre da koro kɛkɛ na wɔasusuw sɛ, “Huh, nokwarem no ebia ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde yɛn ho hyɛ ɔmanfo mu na yɛboa ma yɛkyekye nneɛma ma nkurɔfo.”
Mekyerɛ sɛ, wohwɛ te sɛ The Giving Pledge nhwɛso ketewaa bi, faako a na bere bi wɔ hɔ a na ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ adɔe, na mprempren saa bere no atwam na mpo wodi ho fɛw. Ɛno yɛ ɔhaw, ɔhaw a ɛtrɛw a ɛfa akontaabu a wonni ho a misusuw sɛ wobetumi adi ho dwuma wɔ akyi nkutoo. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛno yɛ abatowfo a wɔboaboa tumi a aban hwɛ so no ano na wɔsan nyan no. Na wo’re pɛpɛɛpɛ sɛ wobɛka sɛ vector titiriw a ebia nkurɔfo betumi afa so anya saa no yɛ local. Ɛfa baabi a wɔresi infrastructure ho.
Wokaa nhyɛsoɔ a ɛyɛ fitaa a ɛtwa yei ho a ɛde basabasayɛ ne ahunahuna ba no bi ho asɛm, na ɛda adi sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara yɛ basabasa anaa ahunahuna. Na I’m also not here to make specific policy recommendations other than to de policy steps bi a ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ mfitiaseɛ na ɛreyɛ adwuma wɔ wiase mmeaeɛ foforɔ no bi kɛkɛ, ɛnte saa? Anaasɛ wɔn a wɔayɛ adwuma wɔ nnwuma afoforo mu. I’m not here to say wɔn mu nea ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no ne ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no.
Misusuw ampa sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ biribi si, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ abɔnten so, ɛnyɛ nnwumakuw yi mu ahotoso a wobenya kɛkɛ. Efisɛ ɛteɛseesei yɛwɔ tebea bi a nnwumakuw a wɔreyɛ tech no na wɔasiesie wɔn ho yiye sɛ wɔbɛte asiane ahorow no ase, na nokwarem no wɔn na wɔbɔ yɛn kɔkɔ wɔ asiane ahorow no ho no nso yɛ wɔn a wonni hwee gye sɛ wɔbɛkanyan wɔn ma wɔakɔ ntɛmntɛm na wɔabu wɔn ani agu saa asiane ahorow no so. Na wo nni biribiara a wode bɛkari pɛ wɔ saa asɛm no ho kɛkɛ. Enti nsakrae biara a ebia ebegye wɔ nneɛma pɔtee bi ho no, ɛsɛ sɛ biribi tu mmirika tia saa. Na meda so ara san kɔ saa anidaso a ɛne sɛ nnipa no da so ara ho hia no so.
Mpɛn pii no, metɔ w’akyinnyegye no. Ma memfa akyinnyegye ketewaa biako a ɛko tia a misusuw sɛ metumi aka ho asɛm no ara kwa. Ade foforo a ebetumi asi wɔ abatow adaka no akyi ne sɛ ahurututu no bɛpae, ɛnte saa? Sɛ ɛnyɛ saa nnwumakuw yi nyinaa na wodu baabi a wobewie, na sɛ nneɛma ho gua biara nni hɔ a ɛfata ma adetɔfo AI dwumadie. Na bio, menhunuu no yie, nanso meyɛ consumer tech reviewer, na ebia mewɔ gyinapɛn a ɛkorɔn sene obiara kɛkɛ.
Product market fit wɔ hɔ wɔ aguadi wiase no mu, ɛnte saa? Ɛte sɛ nea AI adwumayɛfo kuw bi a wɔbɛkyerɛw softwea kuw bi no yɛ gua ankasa ma saa nnwinnade yi. Na wobɛtumi akenkan akyinnyegyeɛ a ɛfiri saa nnwumakuo yi hɔ a ɛka sɛ, “Yɛadi coding ho dwuma, na ɛno kyerɛ sɛ yɛbɛtumi adi biribiara ho dwuma Sɛ yɛtumi yɛ software a, yɛbɛtumi adi ɔhaw biara ho dwuma.”
Misusuw sɛ anohyeto ankasa wɔ nneɛma a softwea betumi ayɛ no mu. Ɛno yɛ kɛse wɔ aguadi wiase no mu. Software ntumi nni ɔhaw biara ho dwuma ankasa, nanso ɛsɛ sɛ wodu hɔ. Wotumi wiee adwuma no, na ebia ɛnyɛ obiara na otumi kɔ baabi a wobewie. Na ahweaseɛ bi wɔ hɔ, na saa bubble yi popa, na ebia OpenAI anaa Anthropic anaa xAI, saa nnwumakuo yi mu baako di nkoguo, na saa sika a wɔde asie yi nyinaa kɔ.
Wususuw sɛ ɛno bɛka eyi? Nokwarem no, ma midi kan mmisa asɛm a edi kan no. OpenAI wɔ IPO kwan so pɛɛ. Akyinnyegye pii wɔ Sam ho sɛ ɔkannifo. Wususuw sɛ wobetumi adu baabi a wobewie?
I’m not going to prognosticate, nanso misusuw sɛ woma asɛm bi a ɛho hia sɔre, a ɛne sɛ gua so nkannyan yɛ ho hia wɔ Silicon Valley mu, na mprempren bubble dynamics no ahobammɔ a ɛyɛ hu no gyina hɔ sɛ ɛbɛtwa, bio, ebetumi aba sɛ, sɛnea akasatiafo kyerɛ no, mmirikatu a ɛkɔ fam wɔ ahobammɔ ho no mu.
Mede bɛka ho nso sɛ, sɛ wohwɛ abakɔsɛm mu nea edi kan wɔ baabi a ɛwɔ gua so nkannyan a ɛte saa ara na ɛte sɛ nea wontumi nkɔ mu ne nkɛntɛnso a ebetumi asɛe ɔmanfo no a, nkɛntɛnso asɛm wɔ hɔ. Na wuhu ɛno sɛ ade a ɛhaw wo nnansa yi. Sam Altman wɔ abɔnten hɔ dapɛn yi repene mmara a ɛbɛbɔ AI nnwumakuw ho ban afi asodi ahorow bi a OpenAI ada no adi wɔ owu asɛm a ɛnteɛ mu, sɛ nhwɛso no. Nokwarem no, ɔpɛ bi wɔ hɔ sɛ wubenya saa kyɛm no afi asodi ho.
Misusuw sɛ asennibea ahorow no da so ara betumi ayɛ adwinnade a ntease wom, na ɛbɛyɛ anigye ankasa sɛ yebehu sɛnea saa suit ahorow yi hyehyɛ. Sɛ nhwɛso no, woahu dedaw sɛ kuw asɛm a wɔde kɔdan aban, a me ne akyerɛwfo afoforo pii, pii a minim no yɛ emufo no, tiaa Anthropic esiane nhoma ahorow a na ɛwɔ hokwan a wɔde yɛ adwuma ase a wɔde dii dwuma nti. Sɛ mmara kwan so adwene a nyansa wom ne asɛm a wɔde kɔdan asɛnnibea wɔ hɔ a wodwen ho, sɛnea yɛahu wɔ abakɔsɛm mu wɔ nsɛm a efi tawa akɛse so kosi ahoɔden kɛse so a, wubetumi nso anya awɛmfo bi ne nneɛma bi a ɛkanyan wo ma wobrɛ wo ho ase, hwɛ yiye, anaasɛ wobɛbɔ nkurɔfo ho ban saa kwan no so.
Ɛte sɛ nea AI adwumayɛkuw no ka nhyehyɛe nyinaa sɛn nkyerɛase a ɛyɛ adɔe kɛse, kɛse a ɛfa dwumadie a ɛfata ho. Ɛnkɔ soro sɛnea ɛsɛ. Saa nnwumakuw yi ka nhyehyɛe betumi ayɛ spiral out of control sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wotua wo ne obiara a wɔafa n’adwuma no ka a, nanso ɛnyɛ mmerɛw sɛ yebesusuw ho, enti yensusuw ho kɛkɛ. Ɛno nkyɛn pɛɛ no, mprempren saa nneɛma yi nyinaa retu mmirika a wɔhwere ade. Te sɛ nnɛ no, wɔn nyinaa retu mmirika wɔ adehwere mu. Wɔrehyew sika pii sen sɛnea wobetumi anya. Edu baabi a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔdannan switch no.
Sam yɛ aguadifo. Sɛnea woaka mpɛn pii no, ɔnyɛ mfiridwuma ho nimdefo. Ɔyɛ obi a ɔyɛ aguadifo. Wususuw sɛ wayɛ krado sɛ ɔbɛdan switch no na waka sɛ, “Yɛbɛnya dɔla biako?” Efisɛ sɛ mibisa sɛ, “So wususuw sɛ OpenAI na ɛbɛyɛ no?” Ɛyɛ bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wonya dɔla biako. Na ɛde besi ha no, Sam anya ne dɔla nyinaa denam nnipa afoforo a ɔsrɛɛ wɔn sika sen sɛ ɔbɛma ne nnwumakuw no anya sika no so.
Wiɛ, ɛno yɛ asɛmmisa kɛseɛ a ɛda so ara wɔ hɔ ma Silicon Valley, ma sikasɛm mu asisifoɔ, ma ɔmanfoɔ.Wohu nsɛm bi ne tu a wotu fi OpenAI a ɛte sɛ nea ɛda ehu bi adi wɔ saa asɛm no ho. Sora a wɔbɛto mu, nnwuma a ɛboa bi a wɔbɛto mu, abɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛma ade titiriw no ayɛ zero. Nanso afei ɔkwan foforo so no, woda so ara hu, bere koro no ara mu, asɛmpatrɛwfo tɔn pii a wɔwea, ɛnte saa? Nhwɛsoɔ ketewa mpo — ɛda adi sɛ ɛnyɛ wɔn adwuma no mu ade titire — ne TBPN a wɔgyeeɛ no.
Sɛ yɛbɛka a, bere a na yɛredu baabi a yɛbɛkɔ no ara pɛ na yɛrehwehwɛ nokwasɛm ahorow mu no, adwumakuw a wɔrehyia nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo nhwehwɛmu a ɛte sɛɛ no nya asɛnka agua a wobetumi anya nkɔmmɔbɔ no so tumi tẽẽ kɛse. Misusuw sɛ sikakorafo pii wɔ hɔ a ɛhaw wɔn, egyina nkɔmmɔbɔ a mabɔ so, sɛ saa ɔhaw yi a ɛne sɛ mɛhyɛ nneɛma nyinaa bɔ ama nnipa nyinaa nso trɛw kɔ saa adwene a wɔmfa nsi so wɔ adwumayɛ kwan titiriw no mu yi so. Na mekyerɛ sɛ, w’abɛn sɛnea wobɛhyɛ nkɔm na wohwɛ gua no sen sɛnea ebia meyɛ. M’agyae wo ne atiefoɔ no sɛ monyɛ ɔtemmufoɔ sɛ ebia wɔsusu sɛ OpenAI bɛtumi adan switch no anaa.
Wiɛ, mibisaa asɛm no efisɛ woanya asɛm bi a wɔafa aka wɔ asɛm no mu afi Microsoft panyin bi hɔ, na ɛyɛ sɛ, “Sam agyapade betumi awie sɛ ɛte sɛ Bernie Madoff anaa Sam Bankman-Fried,” sen Steve Jobs. Ɛno yɛ ntotoho koraa. Dɛn na woyɛɛ wɔ saa ntotoho no ho?
Misusuw sɛ ɛno yɛ paraphrase. Steve Jobs fã no nnyɛ asɛm a wɔafa aka no fã. Nanso there’s an interesting sort of sobriety to it because it’s phrased as like, “Misusuw sɛ hokwan ketewaa bi wɔ hɔ nanso ɛyɛ nokware sɛ ɔbɛwie sɛ ɔyɛ SBF anaa Madoff-level scammer.” Nea ɛkyerɛ, wɔ m’adwene mu no, ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔrebɔ Sam sobo wɔ saa nsisi anaa nsɛmmɔnedi ahorow pɔtee no ho, na mmom ebia sɛnea ɔyɛ ne ho sɛnea ɔyɛ ne ho na ɔdaadaa no fi Sam hɔ no betumi anya hokwan sɛ awiei koraa no wɔbɛkae no wɔ saa nsenia no mu.
Yeah, me susu sɛ deɛ ɛyɛ nwonwa paa wɔ saa quote no ho, nokwarem no, ne sɛ wo frɛ around wɔ Microsoft na wo nnya like, “Ɛno yɛ kraman. Yɛntee saa da.” Wo nya pii te sɛ, “Yep, nnipa pii wɔ ha susuw saa” a ɛyɛ nwonwa. Na misusuw sɛ ɛkɔ saa nuts and bolts adwumayɛ ho nsɛmmisa yi so ampa.
Obi a ɔde sika ahyɛ mu ka kyerɛɛ me, sɛ nhwɛso no, wɔ hann a ɛfa ɔkwan a saa su yi afa so akɔ so wɔ mfe a wɔatu no akyi” — na eyi nso susuwii sɛ eyi yɛ adwene a ɛyɛ anigye a ɛyɛ anifere — sɛ ɛnyɛ nea ɛho hia sɛ Sam wɔ ase koraa wɔ list no mu, te sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ nea ɛba fam koraa wɔ nea ɛba fam no mu wɔ nnipa a ɛnsɛ koraa sɛ wɔkyekye saa mfiridwuma yi, ma nea ɛfata. Nnipa pii wɔ hɔ a wɔkae sɛ Elon Musk ne saa onipa Nanso sɛ saa su yi de no to ebia nnipa a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyekye AGI no ase, na ɔhyɛ nnipa afoforo pii a wodi kan wɔ saa adwuma yi mu ase.
Enti misusuwii sɛ ɛno yɛ nhwehwɛmu a ɛyɛ anigye, na ɛno ne adwene a misusuw sɛ wunya fi pragmatists ankasa a ebia wɔntɔ ahobammɔ ho haw ahorow no mu kɛse no hɔ. Wɔn a wɔpɛ nkɔsoɔ kɛkɛ, na wɔsusu sɛ OpenAI seesei wɔ ɔhaw bi wɔ Sam Altman ho.
Microsoft afã no yɛ anigye ankasa. Saa adwumakuw no susuwii sɛ wɔwɔ wiase no atifi. Sɛ wɔayɛ saa sika yi na wɔrebɛhuruw akɔ obiara so, titiriw ne nea ɛho hia sen biara no, Google, na wɔasan akɔ adetɔfoɔ adom pa mu. Level a wɔte nka sɛ wɔahyew wɔn denam saa adventure yi so — eyi yɛ adwumakuw a wɔde anifere di so yiye — minsusuw sɛ wobetumi aka ho asɛm atra so.
Wokaa nnipa a wɔka ho asɛm ne nipasu su ahorow no ho asɛm. Mepɛ sɛ mede asɛmmisa bi a efi yɛn atiefo hɔ ba awiei wɔ ha. Mekaa wɔ yɛn dwumadi foforo, The Vergecast, mu sɛ me ne wo bɛkasa, na mekae sɛ, “Sɛ wowɔ nsɛmmisa ma Ronan wɔ saa asɛm yi ho a, ma menhu.” Enti yɛwɔ bi wɔ ha a misusuw sɛ ɛne nea worekyerɛkyerɛ mu no wɔ abusuabɔ fɛfɛɛfɛ. M’akenkan akyerɛ wo kɛkɛ:
“Ɔkwan bɛn so na ntease a ɛwɔ nneyɛe bɔne ho, nneyɛe a ɛtwitwa Altman ne AI akannifo afoforo mu no yɛ soronko wɔ ntease ahorow a Ronan ate afi akannifo afoforo a wɔagye din wɔ amammuisɛm ne nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ mu hɔ no ho? So wɔn nyinaa mmu wɔn nneyɛe no bem denam ka a wɔka sɛ eyi ne ɔkwan a wiase no fa so sesa no so? Sɛ manyɛ eyi a, obi foforo nso bɛyɛ?”
Yeah, ɛyɛ pii a ɛrekɔ so. Mebɛka sɛ nea ɛda nsow wɔ AI ho ne sɛ existential stakes no a ɛkorɔn soronko saa no kyerɛ sɛ asiane ho nsɛm abien no nyinaa yɛ nea ɛboro so, ɛnte saa? Wowɔ Sam Altmanɔkae sɛ, “Eyi betumi ayɛ kanea a edum ama yɛn nyinaa.” Na nso, ebia akasatiafo bɛka sɛ, adwenemhaw a obisafo no reka ho asɛm no yɛ nea ɛtra so, ɛnte saa?
Adeɛ a Sam bɔɔ Elon soboɔ, wɔ kyerɛwtohɔ no so, ne sɛ ebia ɔpɛ sɛ ɔgye adesamma nkwa, nanso sɛ ɛyɛ ɔno nkutoo a. Ego component a ɔpɛ sɛ odi nkonim, a ɛyɛ framing a Sam de di dwuma bere nyinaa, ne sɛ eyi yɛ biako ma abakɔsɛm nhoma ahorow no, eyi betumi asesa biribiara. Enti enti, mpo ɛboro “you’ve got to break a few eggs” adwene a ɛwɔ Silicon Valley nnwuma dodow no ara mu no, ɛwɔ hɔ, wɔ akontaabu binom a wodi AI anim no adwene mu, misusuw sɛ, ntease a edi mũ ma biribiara ne ne nyinaa a ɛbɛhwe ase.
Na wo werɛ mfi nkesua a wobɛbubu. Me/ susuw sɛ ahobammɔ ho nhwehwɛmufo a wɔhyɛ ase no mu pii bɛka sɛ wobetumi de wɔn ho ato asiane mu sɛ wobebubu ɔman no, abubu wiase no, na wɔabubu nnipa ɔpepem pii a wɔn nnwuma ne ahobammɔ sɛn nea ɛkari pɛ no — ɛno ne nea ɛyɛ soronko wɔ ho. Ɛhɔ na meto mu, dwennwen amanneɛbɔ nipadua yi ho, a megye di ampa sɛ eyi fa pii ho sen Sam Altman. Eyi fa nnwuma bi a enni anohyeto ne ɔhaw a ɛrekɔ so a ɛne sɛ Amerika ntumi nsiw ano ho.
Aane. Wiɛ, na yɛwɔ anidasoɔ bi wɔ hɔ, nanso mesusu sɛ ɛno yɛ beaeɛ pa a yɛbɛgyae.
[Ɔserew] Fa awiei wɔ downbeat so.
Ampa ara. Ɛno ne asɛm kɛseɛ biara, ampa. Musk-Altman asɛnni no reba. Misusuw sɛ yɛbɛsua pii wɔ ha. Misusuw sɛ mɛpɛ sɛ me ne wo kasa bio. Ronan Farrow, meda wo ase pii sɛ wowɔ Decoder so.
Meda wo ase.
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