[etaioinshrdlu]

I think it's simply because OpenAI is fundamentally created and controlled by venture capitalists, and the tech they created turned out to be just too juicy an opportunity to not monetize.

I can’t say I blame them, when they realize they are sitting on the technological equivalent of a mountain of gold. What would you do?

[seph-reed]

> sitting on the technological equivalent of a mountain of gold. What would you do?

Greed is not justified. I get that people are weak, selfish, they can't stop themselves. Some feel sympathy because they've been weak too. "Maybe it's justified," they like to think. "Everybody lies." But seriously, those who care so much about money and power they can't do things in a civilized respectable way: they are not yet an adult and must be hard barred from the upper tiers of capitalism until they learn that life does not revolve around them.

I blame them for being shitty, and blame everyone around them for letting it happen.

[cercatrova]

Why is it not justified, beyond a moral belief? Seems rational that people would strive to make as much money as possible.

[seph-reed]

Rational is building community. Rational is searching for inner peace. Rational is being the best you can, and helping others.

Greed is not rational. It's just rationalized.

[cercatrova]

I don't really understand how it's not rational. What's irrational about trying to get as many resources as you can?

[seph-reed]

The literal millennia of humans who've achieved that then got to the end of their life just to look back and say "I wish I'd focused on family and friends more."

Basically everyone on their death bed says focus on the experience, not the material. And everyone who does it agrees.

[cameronbrown]

What is wrong with selling technology?!