How OpenAI Plans to Move From Being a Nonprofit
www.nytimes.com
As the maker of ChatGPT battles Google and Meta for A.I. supremacy, it’s also fighting to end control by a nonprofit board.

Archived version, for posterity.

Take note Bluesky fans: Your “benevolent” controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board…

  • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    That’s not true.

    All it takes are enough people getting burned by centralized products to see the value in decentralization.

    As businesses get greedier and run out of corners to cut, they will continue to cannibalize their userbase until it becomes irrelevant.

    I figure similar to educating people on how burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming, it will just take time and experience to educate people on the value of decentralization.

    The biggest hurdle is getting people to understand that they are wrong and don’t know everything.

    • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Go ahead, explain it to am average Joe than and see them run and at in a minutes time, especially when you wanna tell someone they are wrong.

      • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I figure similar to educating people on how burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming, it will just take time and experience to educate people on the value of decentralization.