Edward Snowden wrote on social media to his nearly 6 million followers, “Do not ever trust @OpenAI … You have been warned,” following the appointment of retired U.S. Army General Paul Nakasone to the board of the artificial intelligence technology company.
Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor, was charged with espionage by the Justice Department in 2013 after leaking thousands of top-secret records, exposing the agency’s surveillance of private citizens’ information.
In a Friday morning post on X, formerly Twitter, Snowden reshared a post providing information on OpenAI’s newest board member. Nakasone is a former NSA director, and the longest-serving leader of the U.S. Cyber Command and chief of the Central Security Service. He retired from the NSA, a position he held since 2018, in February.
Snowden wrote in an X post, “They’ve gone full mask-off: do not ever trust @OpenAI or its products (ChatGPT etc.) There is only one reason for appointing an @NSAGov Director to your board. This is a willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on Earth.” He concluded the post, writing, “You have been warned.”
Strong down vote ratio…
Can’t tell if “AI” bros or the spooks are butthurt today.
There are a significant number of people who also really hate Snowden for various reasons (he’s a traitor, he ran to Russia, etc.) and don’t care whether or not he’s making a good point.
He didn’t really choose Russia, it was the only country that would protect him from rendition.
Maybe at first it was a lack of options, but he’s absolutely become a Russian asset since then. Doesn’t mean he’s wrong about OpenAI, but still.
He’s a Russian PR win, but I haven’t seen him be especially pro-Putin or anything.
He’s not overtly pro-putin, but he did accept Russian citizenship and was denying the possibility of Ukraine being invaded until like literally the day before the invasion started, which was long after it was obvious Russia was planning to invade.
This kind of rhetoric is for conservatives / Trump supporters / conspiracy theorists.
The way he implies there’s an agenda behind the hire without actually articulating it, the way he leads you on and then assumes you’ll take the implication for granted, an unearned “this is a very bad thing!”, capped with a cryptic “You’ve been warned!”
This guy worked at the NSA for 15 months total over a decade ago. He’s been an internet warrior in Russia since then. I’m not sure Snowden’s got the credentials to make him a good source of info anymore.
Dude’s an American hero!
Maybe you don’t have the credentials to make an accurate assessment of his credentials
I didn’t trust Open AI before. But the the Kremlin signalling disapproval of it makes me slightly less distrustful.
Sure they still suck, but at least they’re not on Putin’s side.
This is the correct answer whenever this Russian intelligence asset opens his mouth.
