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It's there a law that states that whatever values an organisation puts in its name are the opposite of that organizations actual values?

Seems like there should be, but I haven't heard of it. If there isn't I'm coining "Amarants Law" in this post.

Open-AI being closed is a decent example of this law. A far better example is any nation with the word "democratic" in its name.





The "ministry of war" renaming itself to "department of defence" is a classic example.


There is the whole legal labyrinth around for-profits being owned by non-profits. Whether or not OpenAI adhered to tjose, I cannot say.


I've heard it referred to as "nominative dissonance".


Semantic Diffusion is what this author uses: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/SemanticDiffusion.html (2006)

> Semantic diffusion occurs when you have a word that is coined by a person or group, often with a pretty good definition, but then gets spread through the wider community in a way that weakens that definition.


https://openai.com/our-structure

The ownership of the nonprofit OpenAI, Inc. is private, I think. In any case, generally speaking, the board of directors are fiduciarily bound to execute the company's constitution, and the constitution stipulates how the board is appointed or elected.

Generally speaking non-profits are self-governing in this manner with respect to their mission.


‘United’ States?


and 'United' Kingdom :)


United Airlines?

But The Honest Company is the funniest one:

> Jessica Alba's The Honest Co. has submitted a settlement offer in NY for a second false marketing lawsuit stemming from the brand having sold products labeled as all natural when in fact they were not.

https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/Honest-co-proposes-7-35m-...


a) Business names are never supposed to be taken literally. Apple is not a fruit company.

b) First amendment issues likely arise.

c) The word open has multiple definitions. It can just mean we are going to be open about certain aspects of our research. It doesn't mean open source or open models.


I didn't mean law as in constitution, but rather law as in Betteridge's or Moore's or Murphy's.

Also,"Apple" isn't really a value, though I agree they are yummy!


Basically, every communist country that puts "Democratic", "People's" and "Republic" in its name.


And a companion law: the more they string together, the more of an antithesis it is.




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