Ed Elson

I think last time we spoke, Alex, you and I were kind of having a debate over whether they should be doing this.

I was on the... And correct me if I'm wrong about this.

I remember being on the pro-advertising side.

I felt they need to monetize and get this over with.

I remember, I think you were on the other end of that.

What do you make of this move?

They are now...

That sounds right.

What are the kinds of things that could go wrong here?

What could lead to that blow up or a scandal?

Yeah, Altman previously said that ads combined with AI are, quote, uniquely unsettling.

He also described that combination as a, quote, last resort.

So it does appear that OpenAI is reaching its last resort.

It seems like that might be what this is.

Something I like to theorize about is what would happen if OpenAI were a public company, right?

We don't know because it's a private company.

We can't look at the stock price.

But what direction would the stock be moving in?

I'd love to just get your views on this.

If Open AI were a publicly traded stock, do you think it would be up or down following this?