▲ 1346 ▼ OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman (futurism.com) submitted 2 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 235 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 43 points 2 years ago (2 children) USA tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago Can't do crimes if you're rich. It's in the Constitution permalink fedilink source parent [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Money doesn't have any advantages in other countries? When did that happen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't see where I said that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can no longer make the same connection you did earlier? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) the person that you’re replying to said something that’s true about the USA. they didn’t say anything about other countries. for another example, i can say “if you’re in the USA, then the current year is 2024” and that statement will be true. it is also true in every other country (for the moment), but that’s besides the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I replied that it's also true in other countries, it's not a problem only the US has. It's not besides the point. It's acting as if only the US has the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago Can't do crimes if you're rich. It's in the Constitution permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Money doesn't have any advantages in other countries? When did that happen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't see where I said that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can no longer make the same connection you did earlier? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) the person that you’re replying to said something that’s true about the USA. they didn’t say anything about other countries. for another example, i can say “if you’re in the USA, then the current year is 2024” and that statement will be true. it is also true in every other country (for the moment), but that’s besides the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I replied that it's also true in other countries, it's not a problem only the US has. It's not besides the point. It's acting as if only the US has the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't see where I said that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can no longer make the same connection you did earlier? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) the person that you’re replying to said something that’s true about the USA. they didn’t say anything about other countries. for another example, i can say “if you’re in the USA, then the current year is 2024” and that statement will be true. it is also true in every other country (for the moment), but that’s besides the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I replied that it's also true in other countries, it's not a problem only the US has. It's not besides the point. It's acting as if only the US has the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can no longer make the same connection you did earlier? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) the person that you’re replying to said something that’s true about the USA. they didn’t say anything about other countries. for another example, i can say “if you’re in the USA, then the current year is 2024” and that statement will be true. it is also true in every other country (for the moment), but that’s besides the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I replied that it's also true in other countries, it's not a problem only the US has. It's not besides the point. It's acting as if only the US has the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) the person that you’re replying to said something that’s true about the USA. they didn’t say anything about other countries. for another example, i can say “if you’re in the USA, then the current year is 2024” and that statement will be true. it is also true in every other country (for the moment), but that’s besides the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I replied that it's also true in other countries, it's not a problem only the US has. It's not besides the point. It's acting as if only the US has the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I replied that it's also true in other countries, it's not a problem only the US has. It's not besides the point. It's acting as if only the US has the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* And I specifically mentioned the USA because that's the country where OpenAI operates and where the events in the article take place, so if someone asks why it's so easy for OpenAI to go from being a nonprofit to a for-profit company (this was the issue I was responding to, not some general question about whether money has influence around the world), it's the laws of the USA that are relevant, not the laws of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent