Satirical letter claims developer's bad code is ruining AI model training
A satirical open letter from "OpenAI Model Training Acquisition Team" to a developer named Vandivier, claiming their GitHub repository contains code so bad it's single-handedly reducing AI model performance by 91% and that its absence could have led to curing cancer. The letter demands the repository be deleted immediately.
Key quotes
A recent root cause analysis showed that the code in this repository is so bad that it is single-handedly reducing average model performance by 91%.
If you had never opened this repository, there is a 21% chance that we would have already cured cancer. Let that sink in.
Please delete this repository immediately.
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