Sam Altman

But the incentive problem has been better than I thought at the time, and I will cheerfully say I was a little bit naive about how the world works 10 years ago, and I feel better now.

But the incentive problem has been better than I thought at the time, and I will cheerfully say I was a little bit naive about how the world works 10 years ago, and I feel better now.

Oh, the pressure, the societal pressure on big companies and sort of the power of researchers to push their companies to do the right thing, even in the face of this gigantic profit motive, have been pretty good.

Oh, the pressure, the societal pressure on big companies and sort of the power of researchers to push their companies to do the right thing, even in the face of this gigantic profit motive, have been pretty good.

Oh, the pressure, the societal pressure on big companies and sort of the power of researchers to push their companies to do the right thing, even in the face of this gigantic profit motive, have been pretty good.

But there is something that I don't feel naive about that I felt at the time too, which is it continues to be fairly crazy to me that this is happening in the hands of a small number of private companies. To me, this feels like the Manhattan Project or the Apollo program of our time. And those were not done by private companies. And I think it's like a mark of a well-functioning society.

But there is something that I don't feel naive about that I felt at the time too, which is it continues to be fairly crazy to me that this is happening in the hands of a small number of private companies. To me, this feels like the Manhattan Project or the Apollo program of our time. And those were not done by private companies. And I think it's like a mark of a well-functioning society.

But there is something that I don't feel naive about that I felt at the time too, which is it continues to be fairly crazy to me that this is happening in the hands of a small number of private companies. To me, this feels like the Manhattan Project or the Apollo program of our time. And those were not done by private companies. And I think it's like a mark of a well-functioning society.

I've said this many times. This is not like new breaking news. But, you know, I think this would be too.

I've said this many times. This is not like new breaking news. But, you know, I think this would be too.

I've said this many times. This is not like new breaking news. But, you know, I think this would be too.

I think the companies are going to do the right thing and it's going to go well, and I don't think a government effort in this current world would work at all. I don't think it would be good if it did, honestly. I wish we were in a world where I felt like that was the way it should and was happening.

I think the companies are going to do the right thing and it's going to go well, and I don't think a government effort in this current world would work at all. I don't think it would be good if it did, honestly. I wish we were in a world where I felt like that was the way it should and was happening.

I think the companies are going to do the right thing and it's going to go well, and I don't think a government effort in this current world would work at all. I don't think it would be good if it did, honestly. I wish we were in a world where I felt like that was the way it should and was happening.

So, look, first of all, I don't know why I'm going to set that letter, but I do know they know that's not how it works. I know that part's in bad faith. If you— In any of these worlds, our nonprofit will keep going, and the people that invested in the nonprofit don't. You don't get to have a benefit from a nonprofit donation accrue to a for-profit equity, of course. And they know that, too.

So, look, first of all, I don't know why I'm going to set that letter, but I do know they know that's not how it works. I know that part's in bad faith. If you— In any of these worlds, our nonprofit will keep going, and the people that invested in the nonprofit don't. You don't get to have a benefit from a nonprofit donation accrue to a for-profit equity, of course. And they know that, too.

So, look, first of all, I don't know why I'm going to set that letter, but I do know they know that's not how it works. I know that part's in bad faith. If you— In any of these worlds, our nonprofit will keep going, and the people that invested in the nonprofit don't. You don't get to have a benefit from a nonprofit donation accrue to a for-profit equity, of course. And they know that, too.

You can imagine lots of other reasons that Meta might have sent this letter. You can imagine that they wanted to curry favor with Elon. You can imagine that they felt like it would help them compete with us. You could imagine that they were like, annoyed with us for a perceived anti-open source stance, which I don't think is accurate or something that I feel. I don't know.

You can imagine lots of other reasons that Meta might have sent this letter. You can imagine that they wanted to curry favor with Elon. You can imagine that they felt like it would help them compete with us. You could imagine that they were like, annoyed with us for a perceived anti-open source stance, which I don't think is accurate or something that I feel. I don't know.

You can imagine lots of other reasons that Meta might have sent this letter. You can imagine that they wanted to curry favor with Elon. You can imagine that they felt like it would help them compete with us. You could imagine that they were like, annoyed with us for a perceived anti-open source stance, which I don't think is accurate or something that I feel. I don't know.