The issue is that motivated arguments aren’t honest. It becomes like arguing about politics or religion.
If it turns out that OpenAI becomes wildly profitable, they’ll just shift to some other argument about the environment or the specialness of human thought or whatever.
But they aren’t profitable, and there’s no clear path for them to become profitable. The people you’re railing against aren’t exactly wrong to be skeptical.
If it turns out that OpenAI becomes wildly profitable, they’ll just shift to some other argument about the environment or the specialness of human thought or whatever.