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Sanders: Government should break up OpenAI

(thehill.com)
46 points CharlesW | 1 comments | 01 Nov 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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meowface ◴[01 Nov 25 20:02 UTC] No.45784860[source]▶
Unpopular opinion here but I don't see any benefit in breaking up goliaths like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, OpenAI.

OpenAI (optically) came out of nowhere and took over everything in a few years. A future company also could. We should punish violation of regulations and the law when it occurs. We don't need to be interfering just because we feel a company is too good at being a company.

If OpenAI violated anything with the recent non-profit stuff, sue or charge them.

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bix6 ◴[01 Nov 25 20:38 UTC] No.45785116[source]▶
You don’t see a single benefit? You think monopoly power is worthwhile?
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1. pedalpete ◴[01 Nov 25 21:20 UTC] No.45785494[source]▶
Don't know why you are getting downvoted, it is a legitimate question.

Yes, monopoly power is worthwhile. It's abusing monopoly power which is illegal.

I don't see OpenAI abusing a monopoly. If Sanders is looking to the future and saying "they may do that one day", well, that's like saying someone might commit murder one day, so we should put them in jail now.

It doesn't work that way.

Just to be clear, I'm actually a fan of Bernie Sanders. Though, I'm not American, so it doesn't really matter.