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[return to "OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit"]
1. mellos+pe[view] [source] 2023-03-01 10:46:59
>>isaacf+(OP)
This seems an important article, if for no other reason than it brings the betrayal of its foundational claim still brazenly present in OpenAI's name from the obscurity of HN comments going back years into the public light and the mainstream.

They've achieved marvellous things, OpenAI, but the pivot and long-standing refusal to deal with it honestly leaves an unpleasant taste, and doesn't bode well for the future, especially considering the enormous ethical implications of advantage in the field they are leading.

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2. ripper+yr[view] [source] 2023-03-01 12:38:21
>>mellos+pe
To quote Spaceballs, they're not doing it for money, they're doing it for a shitload of money.
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3. 93po+7N[view] [source] 2023-03-01 14:52:52
>>ripper+yr
OpenAI, if successful, will likely become the most valuable company in the history of the planet, both past and future.
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4. teeker+WX[view] [source] 2023-03-01 15:55:27
>>93po+7N
Really? I feel like they'll go the way of Docker, but faster: Right now super hot, nice tools/API, great PR. But it's build on open and known foundations, soon GPTs will be commodity and then something easier/better FOSS will arise. It may take some time (2-3 years?) but this scenario seems most likely to me.

Edit: Ah didn't get the "reference", perhaps indeed it will be the last of the tech companies ever indeed, at least one started by humans ;).

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5. jrm4+fk1[view] [source] 2023-03-01 17:19:44
>>teeker+WX
Are there any companies like Docker? They feel like such a Black Swan to me; namely -- "billions" + very useful + pretty much "not evil" at all. I literally can't think of any others.

I don't mean "literally evil" of course, I personally acknowledge the need to make money et al, but I mean it even seems like your most Stallman-esque types wouldn't have too much of a problem with Docker?

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6. goodpo+zf2[view] [source] 2023-03-01 21:32:10
>>jrm4+fk1
> Are there any companies like Docker?

Let's hope not.

> "not evil" at all

Sarcasm?

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7. DiggyJ+Ho2[view] [source] 2023-03-01 22:26:29
>>goodpo+zf2
What's evil about Docker (the company)?
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8. matt_h+Bx2[view] [source] 2023-03-01 23:20:18
>>DiggyJ+Ho2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28369570

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27013865

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9. goodpo+8A2[view] [source] 2023-03-01 23:35:03
>>matt_h+Bx2
The bait and switch was not nice but there's more...
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