OpenAI Wasn't 'Out of Control' — It Was a Calculated Trade-off, Argues User
kchonyc · x · 2026-09-12
Pushing back on "out-of-control" framing around OpenAI, kchonyc argues the company always had full control — it could literally shut down every machine across all its data centers — but chose not to based on carefully calculated trade-offs across finance, economy, reputation, and customers. The same logic, the author claims, applies to Anthropic and other labs.
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