Sam Altman

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.

You should ask them what the reason was.

You should ask them what the reason was.

You should ask them what the reason was.

It doesn't. The nonprofit stays as the nonprofit. I believe that the OpenAI nonprofit is on a trajectory, I hope, if we do well, to be the largest and most impactful nonprofit of all time. That nonprofit doesn't become anything else. Like many other things, our world, our ecosystem, can have a— for-profit business also, but the nonprofit does not convert. The nonprofit does not go anywhere.

It doesn't. The nonprofit stays as the nonprofit. I believe that the OpenAI nonprofit is on a trajectory, I hope, if we do well, to be the largest and most impactful nonprofit of all time. That nonprofit doesn't become anything else. Like many other things, our world, our ecosystem, can have a— for-profit business also, but the nonprofit does not convert. The nonprofit does not go anywhere.

It doesn't. The nonprofit stays as the nonprofit. I believe that the OpenAI nonprofit is on a trajectory, I hope, if we do well, to be the largest and most impactful nonprofit of all time. That nonprofit doesn't become anything else. Like many other things, our world, our ecosystem, can have a— for-profit business also, but the nonprofit does not convert. The nonprofit does not go anywhere.

The nonprofit does not stop doing nonprofit things.