mental load of driving is already reduced quite a bit (50%?) by Basic Autopilot.
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https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-nim-offers-optimize...
so there is a push towards a platform company, but probably not well explained in this article.
Apple has been making a bank on iPhones, with no major leap frog in 10 years. Nvidia could do that too, hard but not unimaginable.
Either Sam forms a new company with mass exodus of employees, or outside pressure changes structure of OpenAI towards a clear for-profit vision. In both cases, there will be no confusion going forward whether OpenAI/Sam have become a profit-chasing startup.
Chasing profits is not bad in itself, but doing it under the guise of a non-profit organization is.