XAI has already announced they are 100% in
replyAll the more reason to collect their employees' signatures.
replyThis kind of screams desperation, but I guess that's what happens when you're niche AI.
replyniche is a polite way to put it
replyBot-ique Mechahitler.
replyNo. The US needs automated weapons China will attack Taiwan, Hamas will go on another murder rampage.
replyEveryone knows anyone who signs this from xAI will be a former employee by tomorrow.
replyMy guess is their HR is already monitoring it with instant termination processes in place.
replyYou can sign the form anonymously.
replyBoth the automated verification methods depend on Google servers and Google can almost certainly retrieve that data if they want to regardless of if the signers or verifiers delete it.
replyYou're assuming a lot about Elon's ability to assemble and execute a process competently. They will probably end up hiring people off this list and firing them later.
replyI think what is much more interesting is what OpenAI and Google will do. There's probably some threshold of signatories where the companies in question do not fire everyone when they decide they want the DoD's business, the question will be how many people have to sign to cross it... and will enough people sign.
I don't think Google would bat an eye at firing 500 people to secure a DoD contract, but would they fire 5,000?
There is a specific kind of person that joins xAI over the other companies and it is definitely not a moral one.
replyIt's hard to deny an offer to become a millionaire in the next 3 years if you just hang tight at xAI, especially if you don't have any offers from competing AI labs. Also, LLMs are converging into an easy-to-replicate commodity. It doesn't matter much who wastes their money on you to build them.
replyIf you can get an offer at xAI you can get an offer anywhere. All the labs and top players will make you a millionaire in 3 years.
replyxAI is a pure choice. Their people have the ability to work at Anthropic but choose xAI.
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