[Jensson]

What they said there isn't their mission, that is their hidden agenda. Here is their real mission that they launched with, they completely betrayed this:

> As a non-profit, our aim is to build value for everyone rather than shareholders. Researchers will be strongly encouraged to publish their work, whether as papers, blog posts, or code, and our patents (if any) will be shared with the world

https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai

[boringg]

“Dont be evil” ring any bells?

[Jensson]

Google is a for-profit, they never took donations with the goal of helping humanity.

[richrichie]

They started as a defence contractor with generous “donation” from DARPA. That’s why i never trusted them from day 0. And they have followed a pretty predictable trajectory.

[otterley]

"Don't be evil" was codified into the S-1 document Google submitted to the SEC as part of their IPO:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504...

""" DON’T BE EVIL

Don’t be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served—as shareholders and in all other ways—by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.

Google users trust our systems to help them with important decisions: medical, financial and many others. Our search results are the best we know how to produce. They are unbiased and objective, and we do not accept payment for them or for inclusion or more frequent updating. We also display advertising, which we work hard to make relevant, and we label it clearly. This is similar to a newspaper, where the advertisements are clear and the articles are not influenced by the advertisers’ payments. We believe it is important for everyone to have access to the best information and research, not only to the information people pay for you to see. """

[Jensson]

Yes, there they explain why doing evil will hurt their profits. But a for profits main mission is always money, the mission statement just explains how they make money. That is very different from a non-profit whose whole existence has to be described in such a statement, since they aren't about profits.

[pclmulqdq]

Nothing in an S-1 is "codified" for an organization. Something in the corporate bylaws is a different story.