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>>wavela+(OP)
Sam "Worldcoin" Altman regrets the loss of a friend that called him out on how OpenAi is becoming closed because the engineers realized they could make a lot of money. Doesn't seem like it is impacting the quality of the models, but it will probably impact openai's impact.

>>SpaceM+n1
Can you blame the engineers? If you realize LLM tech is neat but ultimately overhyped and probably decades away from truly realizing the promises of general purpose AI, why not just switch goals to making as much money as you can?

>>deadba+d2
Yes. They joined OpenAI with the understanding that it was meant to be an non-profit with a mission to benefit humanity.

>>jprd+T2
Did you not read what I said? They joined a non-profit and eventually realized the mission is futile.

>>deadba+b3
So dissolve it, return the money, go start a commercial enterprise, then raise some money.

>>llamai+D3
I’m sure that’s what each and every member of Hackernews would have done in the same position.

>>deadba+34
Not all of us are as morally bankrupt as that. I personally think I could make tons of money with a dumb AI product in my specific area of expertise, but I don’t see how any tech from today would improve outcomes versus the SOTA that’s not AI, but it would add costs and complexity. I would personally be annoyed if a company I worked at changed its goals to make money rather than something more noble. It’s happened a few times to me, unfortunately.