OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to “focus on a positive human impact”, now operates as a closed-source, for-profit company at the center of a chatbot arms race
VICE Chloe Xiang
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Kelsey Piper
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OpenAI wants to build systems smarter than us
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@pt
Parker
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I feel like journalists who think you won't make a fuckton of money “saving humanity” lack imagination. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@joeyquits
@joeyquits
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Who could have predicted our existing power structures would once again be mapped onto this new technology? https://www.vice.com/...
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@nixcraft
@nixcraft
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OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit https://www.vice.com/... is anyone surprised? they are doing it for a sh**load of money.
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@kylebrussell
Kyle Russell
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one person's hypocrisy is another's pragmatism https://twitter.com/...
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@adam_k_levin
Adam Levin
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“There is a misalignment between what [OpenAI] publicly espouses and how it operates behind closed doors.” https://www.vice.com/...
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@pankajontech
Pankaj Mishra
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I remember my conversations with a few back then, the mission sounded promising. There was hope and purpose. Now, there's none OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit https://www.vice.com/...
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@gergelyorosz
Gergely Orosz
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There is nothing wrong with running a for-profit, venture funded company which priorities to benefit Big Tech companies, licensing groundbreaking technology the likes of Microsoft for $$$. But it's worth asking questions when the company was founded as a nonprofit, like OpenAI: h…
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@gergelyorosz
Gergely Orosz
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I always assumed OpenAI was a for-profit, VC funded company which always planned to do closed source development, and license capabilities for a price. Imagine my surprise learning the company says it exists to not be like this. But it is! A summary: https://www.vice.com/...
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@grady_booch
Grady Booch
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Similarly, the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire. https://www.vice.com/...