"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair

"People want to believe in Santa Claus. Your job is to make that easy for them to do." - Shopping mall manager training his seasonal workers

It's impossible for private companies to decide what state actors (especially the US military) want to do with AI.

OAI made a business decision to cooperate with the DoW. And they had to make the "we can't control how customers use it" excuse due to pressure from its employees, peer competitors and the general public.

I think a lot of things are out of his control now. I don't even think he was fully onboard with the $200 million deal.