Scott Alexander expressed some important concerns about the project[0].<p>Edited:<p>&lt;del&gt;So far they&#x27;ve managed to label them as &quot;coming from the LessWrong background&quot; and subsequently dismiss via appeal to a strawman Paperclip Maximizer. It doesn&#x27;t give me much confidence in them.&lt;&#x2F;del&gt;<p>&lt;ins&gt;Nevermind. I didn&#x27;t realize this comment was not made by an OpenAI representative. Also, we could use a strikethrough formatting tag on HN. &#x27;dang?&lt;&#x2F;ins&gt;<p>I hope they eventually address those points though.<p>[0] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;17&#x2F;should-ai-be-open&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;17&#x2F;should-ai-be-open&#x2F;</a>