In a world with anti-monopoly regulation as weak as ours and anti-externality regulation as weak as ours, no, I don't see much value in "honesty" about hooking (technology) up to the noble purpose of paying rich people for being rich, in proportion to how rich they are. I saw the internet fall to enclosure, I am sure I will live to see AI likewise corrupted to serve the few, and while I don't have any misconceived notions that a nonprofit can completely halt this process I'll take what I can get. Even retaining the theoretical option of temporarily serving a slightly different goal would be enough to make the choice an easy one for me, were I in a position to choose.