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catigulatoday at 3:21 PM3 repliesview on HN

This seems contrary to their stated goal to prioritize AI safety.

It is against the law to prioritize AI safety if you run a public company. You must prioritize profits for your shareholders.


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vessenestoday at 4:14 PM

Unless you're a benefit corp, this is true for private companies as well. Quick q - which of the AI companies are benefit corps?

sidrag22today at 4:04 PM

"We expect that advertising funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers and away from the needs of the consumers."

-google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

then came the dot com bubble.

unstatusthequotoday at 3:28 PM

Do you think they currently exist to prioritize AI safety? That shit won’t pay the bills, will it? Then they don’t exist. Goals are nice, OKRs yay, but at the end of the day, we all know the dollar drives everything.

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