聊一聊最近公司的一些变化

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kakababy666
楼主 (北美华人网)
大老板开始事无巨细的插手一些小事情了。 说今年budget很紧 公开发信要求大家写email的时候一定要写描述好事情的background,解决方案还有各种细节。给大家模版让我们以后发邮件照葫芦画瓢。惊觉应该是为了给AI提供数据吧。公司已经用上了AI,预感这几年会加大AI的使用力度
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穿紫衣服的小白
从去年下半年到现在感觉ai在开始慢慢替代一些白领的工作了
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icecoffeelu
回复 1楼 kakababy666 的帖子
这个分析倒是很新颖。没想到过
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kakababy666
穿紫衣服的小白 发表于 2025-01-06 15:27
从去年下半年到现在感觉ai在开始慢慢替代一些白领的工作了

感觉不光是白领面临失业的问题了
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oneoneyy
回复 1楼 kakababy666 的帖子
你的感觉非常准!
看看Sam刚写的一篇, 已经昭告天下了, 今年起,AI开始取代正式员工,接管工作
https://blog.samaltman.com/
Reflections
The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning. New years get people in a reflective mood, and I wanted to share some personal thoughts about how it has gone so far, and some of the things I’ve learned along the way. As we get closer to AGI, it feels like an important time to look at the progress of our company. There is still so much to understand, still so much we don’t know, and it’s still so early. But we know a lot more than we did when we started. We started OpenAI almost nine years ago because we believed that AGI was possible, and that it could be the most impactful technology in human history. We wanted to figure out how to build it and make it broadly beneficial; we were excited to try to make our mark on history. Our ambitions were extraordinarily high and so was our belief that the work might benefit society in an equally extraordinary way. At the time, very few people cared, and if they did, it was mostly because they thought we had no chance of success. In 2022, OpenAI was a quiet research lab working on something temporarily called “Chat With GPT-3.5”. (We are much better at research than we are at naming things.) We had been watching people use the playground feature of our API and knew that developers were really enjoying talking to the model. We thought building a demo around that experience would show people something important about the future and help us make our models better and safer. We ended up mercifully calling it ChatGPT instead, and launched it on November 30th of 2022. We always knew, abstractly, that at some point we would hit a tipping point and the AI revolution would get kicked off. But we didn’t know what the moment would be. To our surprise, it turned out to be this. The launch of ChatGPT kicked off a growth curve like nothing we have ever seen—in our company, our industry, and the world broadly. We are finally seeing some of the massive upside we have always hoped for from AI, and we can see how much more will come soon. It hasn’t been easy. The road hasn’t been smooth and the right choices haven’t been obvious. In the last two years, we had to build an entire company, almost from scratch, around this new technology. There is no way to train people for this except by doing it, and when the technology category is completely new, there is no one at all who can tell you exactly how it should be done. Building up a company at such high velocity with so little training is a messy process. It’s often two steps forward, one step back (and sometimes, one step forward and two steps back). Mistakes get corrected as you go along, but there aren’t really any handbooks or guideposts when you’re doing original work. Moving at speed in uncharted waters is an incredible experience, but it is also immensely stressful for all the players. Conflicts and misunderstanding abound. These years have been the most rewarding, fun, best, interesting, exhausting, stressful, and—particularly for the last two—unpleasant years of my life so far. The overwhelming feeling is gratitude; I know that someday I’ll be retired at our ranch watching the plants grow, a little bored, and will think back at how cool it was that I got to do the work I dreamed of since I was a little kid. I try to remember that on any given Friday, when seven things go badly wrong by 1 pm. A little over a year ago, on one particular Friday, the main thing that had gone wrong that day was that I got fired by surprise on a video call, and then right after we hung up the board published a blog post about it. I was in a hotel room in Las Vegas. It felt, to a degree that is almost impossible to explain, like a dream gone wrong. Getting fired in public with no warning kicked off a really crazy few hours, and a pretty crazy few days. The “fog of war” was the strangest part. None of us were able to get satisfactory answers about what had happened, or why.  The whole event was, in my opinion, a big failure of governance by well-meaning people, myself included. Looking back, I certainly wish I had done things differently, and I’d like to believe I’m a better, more thoughtful leader today than I was a year ago. I also learned the importance of a board with diverse viewpoints and broad experience in managing a complex set of challenges. Good governance requires a lot of trust and credibility. I appreciate the way so many people worked together to build a stronger system of governance for OpenAI that enables us to pursue our mission of ensuring that AGI benefits all of humanity. My biggest takeaway is how much I have to be thankful for and how many people I owe gratitude towards: to everyone who works at OpenAI and has chosen to spend their time and effort going after this dream, to friends who helped us get through the crisis moments, to our partners and customers who supported us and entrusted us to enable their success, and to the people in my life who showed me how much they cared. [1] We all got back to the work in a more cohesive and positive way and I’m very proud of our focus since then. We have done what is easily some of our best research ever. We grew from about 100 million weekly active users to more than 300 million. Most of all, we have continued to put technology out into the world that people genuinely seem to love and that solves real problems. Nine years ago, we really had no idea what we were eventually going to become; even now, we only sort of know. AI development has taken many twists and turns and we expect more in the future. Some of the twists have been joyful; some have been hard. It’s been fun watching a steady stream of research miracles occur, and a lot of naysayers have become true believers. We’ve also seen some colleagues split off and become competitors. Teams tend to turn over as they scale, and OpenAI scales really fast. I think some of this is unavoidable—startups usually see a lot of turnover at each new major level of scale, and at OpenAI numbers go up by orders of magnitude every few months. The last two years have been like a decade at a normal company. When any company grows and evolves so fast, interests naturally diverge. And when any company in an important industry is in the lead, lots of people attack it for all sorts of reasons, especially when they are trying to compete with it. Our vision won’t change; our tactics will continue to evolve. For example, when we started we had no idea we would have to build a product company; we thought we were just going to do great research. We also had no idea we would need such a crazy amount of capital. There are new things we have to go build now that we didn’t understand a few years ago, and there will be new things in the future we can barely imagine now.  We are proud of our track-record on research and deployment so far, and are committed to continuing to advance our thinking on safety and benefits sharing. We continue to believe that the best way to make an AI system safe is by iteratively and gradually releasing it into the world, giving society time to adapt and co-evolve with the technology, learning from experience, and continuing to make the technology safer. We believe in the importance of being world leaders on safety and alignment research, and in guiding that research with feedback from real world applications. We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents “join the workforce” and materially change the output of companies. We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, broadly-distributed outcomes. We are beginning to turn our aim beyond that, to superintelligence in the true sense of the word. We love our current products, but we are here for the glorious future. With superintelligence, we can do anything else. Superintelligent tools could massively accelerate scientific discovery and innovation well beyond what we are capable of doing on our own, and in turn massively increase abundance and prosperity. This sounds like science fiction right now, and somewhat crazy to even talk about it. That’s alright—we’ve been there before and we’re OK with being there again. We’re pretty confident that in the next few years, everyone will see what we see, and that the need to act with great care, while still maximizing broad benefit and empowerment, is so important. Given the possibilities of our work, OpenAI cannot be a normal company. How lucky and humbling it is to be able to play a role in this work. (Thanks to Josh Tyrangiel for sort of prompting this. I wish we had had a lot more time.)


[1] There were a lot of people who did incredible and gigantic amounts of work to help OpenAI, and me personally, during those few days, but two people stood out from all others. Ron Conway and Brian Chesky went so far above and beyond the call of duty that I’m not even sure how to describe it. I’ve of course heard stories about Ron’s ability and tenaciousness for years and I’ve spent a lot of time with Brian over the past couple of years getting a huge amount of help and advice. But there’s nothing quite like being in the foxhole with people to see what they can really do. I am reasonably confident OpenAI would have fallen apart without their help; they worked around the clock for days until things were done. Although they worked unbelievably hard, they stayed calm and had clear strategic thought and great advice throughout. They stopped me from making several mistakes and made none themselves. They used their vast networks for everything needed and were able to navigate many complex situations. And I’m sure they did a lot of things I don’t know about. What I will remember most, though, is their care, compassion, and support. I thought I knew what it looked like to support a founder and a company, and in some small sense I did. But I have never before seen, or even heard of, anything like what these guys did, and now I get more fully why they have the legendary status they do. They are different and both fully deserve their genuinely unique reputations, but they are similar in their remarkable ability to move mountains and help, and in their unwavering commitment in times of need. The tech industry is far better off for having both of them in it. There are others like them; it is an amazingly special thing about our industry and does much more to make it all work than people realize. I look forward to paying it forward. On a more personal note, thanks especially to Ollie for his support that weekend and always; he is incredible in every way and no one could ask for a better partner.
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oneoneyy
懒得看长的,就看这一段就行了:
We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents “join the workforce” and materially change the output of companies. We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, broadly-distributed outcomes.
我们现在有信心,我们知道如何按照我们传统的理解来构建 AGI。我们相信,到 2025 年,我们可能会看到第一批人工智能代理“加入劳动力大军”,并实质性地改变公司的产出。我们仍然相信,将优秀的工具反复地交到人们手中,将带来广泛分布的伟大成果。
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icecoffeelu
oneoneyy 发表于 2025-01-06 15:50
懒得看长的,就看这一段就行了:
We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents “join the workforce” and materially change the output of companies. We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, broadly-distributed outcomes.
我们现在有信心,我们知道如何按照我们传统的理解来构建 AGI。我们相信,到 2025 年,我们可能会看到第一批人工智能代理“加入劳动力大军”,并实质性地改变公司的产出。我们仍然相信,将优秀的工具反复地交到人们手中,将带来广泛分布的伟大成果。

我靠,真的啊。
你们平时真的都会看这些人写的这些长篇大论吗?英文的这么长不累吗?
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kakababy666
oneoneyy 发表于 2025-01-06 15:50
懒得看长的,就看这一段就行了:
We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents “join the workforce” and materially change the output of companies. We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, broadly-distributed outcomes.
我们现在有信心,我们知道如何按照我们传统的理解来构建 AGI。我们相信,到 2025 年,我们可能会看到第一批人工智能代理“加入劳动力大军”,并实质性地改变公司的产出。我们仍然相信,将优秀的工具反复地交到人们手中,将带来广泛分布的伟大成果。

下岗员工学什么好呢
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oneoneyy
icecoffeelu 发表于 2025-01-06 15:53
我靠,真的啊。
你们平时真的都会看这些人写的这些长篇大论吗?英文的这么长不累吗?

这有什么累的,兴趣吧。再说,我基本上中英文阅读速度差不多。
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oneoneyy
kakababy666 发表于 2025-01-06 15:54
下岗员工学什么好呢

学习躺平啊!还学啥?你学啥能比AI学得快?
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meraviglia
还在开发阶段,到真正落地尚需时日。
不能光听卖瓜的,他们永远都说瓜好,汁多肉甜。
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apprentice
oneoneyy 发表于 2025-01-06 15:50
懒得看长的,就看这一段就行了:
We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents “join the workforce” and materially change the output of companies. We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, broadly-distributed outcomes.
我们现在有信心,我们知道如何按照我们传统的理解来构建 AGI。我们相信,到 2025 年,我们可能会看到第一批人工智能代理“加入劳动力大军”,并实质性地改变公司的产出。我们仍然相信,将优秀的工具反复地交到人们手中,将带来广泛分布的伟大成果。

AI 带来的下岗潮看来更近了。目前像修车之类的工作反而更稳当……
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oneoneyy
AI 带来的下岗潮看来更近了。目前像修车之类的工作反而更稳当……
apprentice 发表于 2025-01-06 16:41

以后没有修车这个行业了, 你稍微了解下AI进展应该就知道了。连给人开刀的医生都要面临失业了,别说修车师傅了。你车坏了,开到无人修车铺, 南美洲一个机械师远程操控机器人,都可以给你解决了。
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funnyorno
apprentice 发表于 2025-01-06 16:41
AI 带来的下岗潮看来更近了。目前像修车之类的工作反而更稳当……

修车和各种家庭小修理现在也市场变小了。很多人一个YouTube视频自己买配件照猫画虎就搞定了又省钱又放心。修车铺换个电池都要收30分钟的人工费相当黑心,自己买电池换5-10分钟搞定。
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Geofan
oneoneyy 发表于 2025-01-06 16:42
以后没有修车这个行业了, 你稍微了解下AI进展应该就知道了。连给人开刀的医生都要面临失业了,别说修车师傅了。你车坏了,开到无人修车铺, 南美洲一个机械师远程操控机器人,都可以给你解决了。

医生还是要的,一龙家的机器人需要高端人才Supervision
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mochichi
结合WSJ这篇文章来看更有体会了:下岗白领找工作越来越难: https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-search-workers-unemployment-months-5a4cfcee?mod=hp_lead_pos2
Key Points The number of unemployed Americans searching for work for at least six months has increased by more than 50% since the end of 2022. The pain of long-term unemployment is largely in high-paying white-collar jobs, including in tech, law and media. More than 1.6 million unemployed workers have been job hunting for at least six months. The job market is weakening due to less hiring, but economists warn that widespread layoffs could spark a much faster jump in the unemployment rate.
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BAMom
oneoneyy 发表于 2025-01-06 16:42
以后没有修车这个行业了, 你稍微了解下AI进展应该就知道了。连给人开刀的医生都要面临失业了,别说修车师傅了。你车坏了,开到无人修车铺, 南美洲一个机械师远程操控机器人,都可以给你解决了。

电车大幅降低修车的难度。
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BAMom
Geofan 发表于 2025-01-06 17:06
医生还是要的,一龙家的机器人需要高端人才Supervision

人数的问题。比如现在一个医生看100个病人,以后一个医生带上机器人可以看1000个病人。
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BAMom
chatgpt出来之后这两年可以明显感觉到白领工作的效率提高很多。不管从查文档还是完成简单的数据处理,文章总结,改文件,写简单程序,提高的效率非常明显。首当其冲的是那些初级职位。不一定会裁人,但是新招初级职位明显会减少。对刚毕业的职场新人非常不友好。有经验的有domain knowledge,还能挺一阵
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kakababy666
oneoneyy 发表于 2025-01-06 15:58
学习躺平啊!还学啥?你学啥能比AI学得快?

这话说的,多少人能躺平?孩子房子吃喝拉撒,家家都财富自由不用养家吗
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Idonia
科技发展的成果不应该由资本家和高管独享,而应该被共享,被用于消灭赤贫,提高大家的生活水平。有AI效率提高政府和工会可以把法定上班时间从五天变为四天。
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BAMom 发表于 2025-01-06 20:38
电车大幅降低修车的难度。

说反了 电车修车门槛高很多 很多情况下修起来太贵车就报废了
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coalpilerd
funnyorno 发表于 2025-01-06 16:46
修车和各种家庭小修理现在也市场变小了。很多人一个YouTube视频自己买配件照猫画虎就搞定了又省钱又放心。修车铺换个电池都要收30分钟的人工费相当黑心,自己买电池换5-10分钟搞定。

去autozone买电池、他们给免费换。特斯拉那另说。
修车铺很多活儿还是自己做不来或者做起来很麻烦的。
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SunsetForest
lz可以分享一下模版吗? 合格的email就得这样- “写email的时候一定要写描述好事情的background,解决方案还有各种细节”。
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mmyy08
医生开刀那个去年就有了好吗!我们认识一个人聚会的时候就说他的心脏搭桥是机器人做的,现在在比较好的医院有这种设备做的精度很好创伤也小
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qas168888
mmyy08 发表于 2025-01-06 22:49
医生开刀那个去年就有了好吗!我们认识一个人聚会的时候就说他的心脏搭桥是机器人做的,现在在比较好的医院有这种设备做的精度很好创伤也小

这个机器人不是ai机器人,也是医生操作的。国内早就引进了,和你想的不一样。
荼錓闶
还是去做蓝领吧, 白领没戏了
吃鸡蛋
以前是train 阿3代替本土人,现在是train ai 代替大活人
芝士年糕
荼錓闶 发表于 2025-01-06 23:37
还是去做蓝领吧, 白领没戏了

+1 我开始考虑美容美发专业了
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evenew
大势所趋 不可逆
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mmoonn
Bridgewater, the largest hedgefund in the world, has dismissed 7% of its workforce, per Reuters
中美律师集团
再厉害也是需要监管的,目前监管跟不上啊。
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Jaelynleaf
需要和人面对面打交道的行业,AI代替不了的 AI目前就是做一些基础的定型的工作
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chickenrib
怎么听起来像是要裁员?
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DoubleTulip
芝士年糕 发表于 2025-01-06 23:52
+1 我开始考虑美容美发专业了

消费降级不讲究服美役了😅
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Pangpang
kakababy666 发表于 2025-01-06 21:25
这话说的,多少人能躺平?孩子房子吃喝拉撒,家家都财富自由不用养家吗

只要身份没问题,就可以躺平吃福利啊! 然后同样gpa, underprivileged students have a better chance to get into ivy league. 并且学费杂费全免!
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kakababy666
回复 36楼 Pangpang 的帖子
没工作就算能吃福利,房贷谁还呀?房子卖了去租、没钱也租不到啊