> The workers and supporters who were taken by this idealistic vision
I haven’t heard from any of the workers. Why are people white-knighting for them? My hot take is that they don’t mind being able to afford a house (or more) for their efforts. Where’s the outraged employees in this conversation?
As for “supporters,” what does that mean? People who watch from the sidelines and never actually contributed don’t usually get a say.
Donors get a say, did donors get any stock? Its very ugly when you built your for profit by stealing donations from a non-profit, people can condemn that even if they themselves didn't personally lose money similarly to how we can condemn companies abusing people even if we didn't work there.
Did OpenAI take donations? I’m assuming that the “donors” Thiel, Musk, etc, did receive stock. Massive lawsuit otherwise.
But did regular folks donate? Otherwise it seems people are outraged that their hypothetical donations were misused.