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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by cyanydeez on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:05AM (#38346824)
in theory, a nonprofit would demonstrate a government need and the nonprofit would be bought out by the government.

in America, nonprofits are just how rich people run around trying to get tax avoidance, plaudettes and now wealth transfers.

I doubt OpenAI is different not that Altman is anything but a figurehead.

but nonprofits in America is how the government has chosen to derelict it's duties.

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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by mlrtime on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:28AM (#38347018)
In your world yes, but in another, nonprofits are able to work in research that the Government should not, cannot or is too inefficient at ever getting working.

I'm no embarrased billionaire, but there is a place for both.

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