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tombertyesterday at 6:07 PM0 repliesview on HN

Sorry, no, you shouldn't just handwave away bad behavior just because it's common. That's ridiculous.

If big corporations do things that are unethical, they should be called out, even if they're common. Saying "well everyone's doing it", isn't a good excuse to do things that are unethical.

It's not "naive" to point out the lies that OpenAI told to get to the point that they are now. They were claiming to be a non-profit for awhile, they grew in popularity based in part on that early good-will, and now they are a for-profit company looking to IPO into one of the most valuable corporations on the planet. That's a weird thing. That's a thing that seems to be kind of antithetical to their initial purpose. People should point that out.