"jumped on the opportunity" is possible, but per https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-thing-was-scam it's plausible that OpenAI created this situation through straightforward bribery.
replyMaybe this is the first step towards the Big Beautiful Bailout when the AI bubble inevitably pops.
reply> OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million gift
reply> https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/brockman-openai-top-trum...
Congress must approve any renaming the Department of Defense... They haven't. Stop giving them what they want without them even doing it in good faith at all.
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_De...
Thanks for pointing this out. Updated my post
replyThey'll do nothing. It's really hard to take the morals of these devs seriously when they're already fine working for, and have a history with, some of the most evil companies in current existence.
replyAnd when you suggest unions and worker organization to them they gloat that the company takes better care of them without it. They don't want to be in the same class as the peasantry.
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