alt Hacker NewsOpenAI was founded to hedge against Google dominating AI and with it the future. It makes me sad how that was lost for pipe dreams (AGI) and terrible leadership.
I fear a Google dystopia. I hope DeepSeek or somebody else will counter-balance their power.
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bryanlarsen • today at 4:47 PM
That goal has wildly succeeded -- there are now several well financed companies competing against Google.
The goal was supposed to be an ethical competitor as implied by the word "Open" in their name. When Meta and the Chinese are the most ethical of the competitors, you know we're in a bad spot...
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tiahura • today at 5:16 PM
Doesn’t it seem likely that it all depends on who produces the next AIAYN? Things go one way if it’s an academic, and another way if it’s somebody’s trade secret.
AGI was the thing from the start. From the OpenAI Charter:
>OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) ... benefits all of humanity.
I agree with you on the leadership.