> First, a key part of our mission is to put very capable AI tools in the hands of people for free (or at a great price). I am very proud that we’ve made the best model in the world available for free in ChatGPT, without ads or anything like that.
This would believable if OpenAI charged what it actually costs to run the service instead of using the standard predatory model of subsiding the service, monopolizing market share and then monetizing their monopoly power.
No tech firm should get the benefit of doubt that they are in this to help people. They're in it for money and power at our cost.
Only in the short term. A monopoly is to the disadvantage of consumers, even if they initially benefited from the predatory pricing that allowed that monopoly to take hold.
You'd be right if they had any chance at getting a monopoly, but they don't - there are companies releasing open source models and communities improving on them.
So users get the short term and the long term benefit. Let OpenAI give us their money.
This would believable if OpenAI charged what it actually costs to run the service instead of using the standard predatory model of subsiding the service, monopolizing market share and then monetizing their monopoly power.
No tech firm should get the benefit of doubt that they are in this to help people. They're in it for money and power at our cost.