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s1artibartfastlast Monday at 10:07 PM1 replyview on HN

Getting rich going good is better than just getting rich. People like both.

Which part are you skeptical about? that people also like to do good, or that AI can do good?


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hn_throwaway_99yesterday at 2:42 PM

I'm skeptical that OpenAI was ever feasible as a nonprofit under it's original mission, which was:

> Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact.

As soon as the power of AI became apparent, everyone wanted (and in some ways, needed) to make bank. This would have been true even if the original training costs weren't so high.