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I think the evolution so far has been understandable. OpenAI was never going to achieve their mission without many billions from investors, and that required pa
by bloppe 2y ago
I think the evolution so far has been understandable. OpenAI was never going to achieve their mission without many billions from investors, and that required paying them back. The idea to do so then funnel the rest of the profits to the non-profit for public-benefit research makes sense.
Now it's time to be honest about where this is going. This kind of structure would only make sense if 1. OpenAI had a monopoly on AI and 2. They actually contributed to public benefit research. OpenAI does not currently and probably will never again engage in public benefit research. They haven't released model weights, or even basic structural information, in a long time. They're in a very competitive industry so any discoveries made by the "non-profit" will immediately become trade secrets for the for-profit.
I'm confused. Is this tax fraud?