Please, continue that "etc"...

Its been 30 years and no one has been able to continue that "etc".

Of course they have. Off the top of my head examples include: Grants in the form of tax dollars (e.g. arxiv). To benefit the authors reputation (e.g. numerous scientists, developers, etc personal sites. zacklabe.com as a useful example). As a hobby (I think aiarena.net falls into this category). To collect data for research purposes (e.g. the original chatgpt release, and early recaptcha)...

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raw_anon_1111 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What could possible go wrong with the government funding media? It’s not like they would take away funding for media that they don’t agree with.

	▲	thfuran an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		PBS and BBC are both pretty well regarded and receive public funding.
	▲	Eisenstein 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why would a government elected in a democracy be less trustworthy than a few private individuals? Do heads of large corporations not have an interest in controlling information?