'They've Cried Wolf FAR Too Many Times' — a GPT-2 Callback Becomes the Day's Biggest Post Across Both r/singularity and r/OpenAI
The same image post arguing that lab safety warnings have lost all credibility topped r/singularity at 1,040 upvotes / 180 comments and r/OpenAI at 370 upvotes / 126 comments simultaneously — the day's single largest cross-subreddit sentiment signal. What makes the thread more interesting than the meme is that the top reply (262 upvotes) argues the opposite case on the merits: OpenAI withheld GPT-2 over mass misinformation, propaganda and spam concerns, and 'looking at the current state of things, it looks like our filters won't ever be ready.' The community is not disputing that the risk landed — it is disputing that anyone should still listen to the messenger, which is a distinct and harder problem for any lab planning a capability disclosure.
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