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Sanders: Government should break up OpenAI

(thehill.com)
46 points CharlesW | 8 comments | 01 Nov 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source | bottom
1. sothatsit ◴[01 Nov 25 21:00 UTC] No.45785299[source]▶
Break ups are for monopolies, not for startups. This makes no sense.

If Bernie just wants to slow down automation then breaking up OpenAI is not the way to do it.

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2. conception ◴[01 Nov 25 21:12 UTC] No.45785420[source]▶
“Startup”.
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3. tptacek ◴[01 Nov 25 21:16 UTC] No.45785452[source]▶
What's your point? What do you think Sanders thinks we should break OpenAI into? What N new companies do you think he thinks we should create?
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4. DarkNova6 ◴[01 Nov 25 21:22 UTC] No.45785511{3}[source]▶
It is quite preposterous to claim that "OpenAI" is a "startup". Neither is it "Open" while we are at it.
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5. tptacek ◴[01 Nov 25 21:23 UTC] No.45785521{4}[source]▶
I don't think the word "startup" is especially apt either, but that imprecision doesn't change the validity of the argument.
6. bix6 ◴[01 Nov 25 21:41 UTC] No.45785660{3}[source]▶
Well let’s see the Amodei siblings left and we got Anthropic. Ilya left and we got SSI. Mira left and we got Thinking Machines. So it seems we can break it up and actually get even more innovation!
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7. sothatsit ◴[01 Nov 25 21:41 UTC] No.45785664[source]▶
"Not well-established company with no profit and lots of competition" doesn't quite roll off the tongue.
8. tptacek ◴[01 Nov 25 23:38 UTC] No.45786519{4}[source]▶
You're not "breaking it up" in this instance; you're just killing it. You can mechanically generate new competition by killing any company --- new entrants will rush in to fill the void.