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As a jaded 40+ year old developer this got me choked up. I remember that optimistic view we all had of technology in our youth. For me the optimism was a litt
by incog_nit0 2y ago
As a jaded 40+ year old developer this got me choked up.
I remember that optimistic view we all had of technology in our youth.
For me the optimism was a little earlier than 2012 so maybe it goes hand in hand with being young and less experienced (jaded?).
I agree with some of the other commenters that a corporate structure makes altruistic goals like these impossible.
Only Wikipedia and The Internet Archive for me carry that feeling of goodwill still. I think OpenAI going from non-profit to profit will similarly erode the product as market incentives push it further away from what benefits the user most.
Perhaps we need a corporate structure between a non-profit and a for-profit.
- Ylpertnodi 2y ago>Perhaps we need a corporate structure between a non-profit and a for-profit. ....a...Government?
- tim333 2y agoOr B corp? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)
- allthing 2y agoA public benefit corporation is sort of something in between
- Willish42 2y ago> Perhaps we need a corporate structure between a non-profit and a for-profit Maybe a co-op (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative)? There are also "for-profit" like businesses that are oriented around a different goal than just profits, https://good.store/pages/good-store-about-us https://good.store/pages/good-store-about-us comes to mind.