The comment above seems to be interpreting OpenAI’s goals in a way that is not consistent with its charter. Structurally, for OpenAI, capped profit is a means

The comment above seems to be interpreting OpenAI’s goals in a way that is not consistent with its charter. Structurally, for OpenAI, capped profit is a means not the end. If the capped profit part of OpenAI is not acting in alignment with its mission, it is the OpenAI board’s responsibility to rein it in. — https://openai.com/charter https://openai.com/charter OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—by which we mean highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work—benefits all of humanity. We will attempt to directly build safe and beneficial AGI, but will also consider our mission fulfilled if our work aids others to achieve this outcome. To that end, we commit to the following principles: Broadly distributed benefits … Long-term safety … Technical leadership … Cooperative orientation