[bjackman]

This includes the actually interesting bit:

> One of the thorniest questions in the conversion has been how the nonprofit will be valued. Musk’s bid sets a high bar and may mean that he, or whoever runs the nonprofit, would end up with a large and possibly controlling stake in the new OpenAI.

So this is a play to mess with the restructuring?

Why aren't the news stories exploring this angle? It's very annoying that this comes below the regurgitated press releases and asinine Twitter quotes. Reuters didn't even mention it. The Guardian just barely touches on it.

[chrisco255]

Intelligent and honest journalists are as rare as unicorns.

[Redoubts]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect

[bjackman]

This isn't that, I'm not at all knowledgeable about this topic, it's just the basic level of curiosity you'd expect from an educated layman!

2 brain cells: "one hundy billy is a lotta dollars"

3rd brain cell: "Elon obviously doesn't actually expect this sale to happen, something more interesting is going on here, what is it?"

Journalist: "iunno just paste the quote and hit publish"