taking a step back, openai is rightly concerned about potential abuse of gpt-3 and must also find a way to create sustainable, healthy revenue streams. think o

taking a step back, openai is rightly concerned about potential abuse of gpt-3 and must also find a way to create sustainable, healthy revenue streams. think of openai's work in three large buckets: (1) groundbreaking research; (2) preventing gpt-3 abuse; and (3) laying the foundation for an independent future. put another way, there's a stark difference between doing research and commercializing research. openai must do both while carrying the additional burden of preventing abuse. the angel's interpretation is that openai is outsourcing non-research, non-core activities to microsoft similar to how a developer might outsource customer sales and support to a MBA grad. this frees more attention and resources for research. let's hope this is true, though i can understand many of the cynical viewpoints.