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by gessha 1180 days ago
And when everyone buys in, you go private everything and reap the benefits. Brilliant!
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Except, don’t go private this time. Appoint an external board not controlled by the CEO and write it into your bylaws.
I’m a pessimist about corporate doing the right thing unless it’s economically aligned to do so.

“This time” happens with open source where there’s typically no economical incentive and people are doing it for the heck of it.

Where’s the money in that?
Nowhere obvious.

I think there are plenty of rich people who would benefit indirectly from running an OpenAI-like non-profit.