Facebook made it out by committing click fraud against advertisers on a massive scale, which I don't see as a viable path for sama (even ignoring any legal concerns) considering that openAI isn't a platform company.
Look, I don't care. At some point we're just arguing about the validity of big tech investing. I don't invest money in tech companies. I don't have a strong opinion about Facebook, or, for that matter, about OpenAI. I'm just saying, you don't need a sci-fi story about AGI to see why people would plow this much money into them. That's all.