If Ultraman, the superhero who saved the earth in a science fiction movie, suddenly became a technologically closed villain, and the real-life version of "Iron Man" Musk incarnated as a messenger of justice, and resolutely went to court to challenge OpenAI, which he once founded, for the ideal of science and technology for the benefit of all mankind, is this plot enough to whet your appetite?
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Today, this seemingly fictional but real drama in the technology world is dominated by Elon Musk and OpenAI and its CEO "Ultraman", and they have a fierce battle over whether the GPT series model should be open source......"
1. The vision of the past and the controversy of today
Musk, the legend of Silicon Valley, has actively participated in the creation of OpenAI because of his advocacy of the concept of "community with a shared future for mankind", with the intention of benefiting human society through the development of advanced artificial intelligence technology. But as the years go by, OpenAI's development trajectory seems to have deviated from the original concept, especially its latest development of GPT-3 and its subsequent iterations, although it has attracted widespread attention and praise around the world, but it has not shared the results in accordance with the principle of "full transparency and full open source" advocated by Musk.
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On March 1, Tesla founder Elon Musk filed a lawsuit in California court against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, with the focus still on OpenAI's open-source, for-profit controversy. Musk made a number of claims to the court in the indictmentThere are three core points.
First of all, Musk hopes that the court will rule that OpenAI will open source its technology and make its AI technology and research results available to the public.
Secondly, Musk wants to rule that investment institutions such as OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft can no longer use OpenAI's capabilities and assets for profit. That is, what Musk has insisted on for many years, to restore OpenAI to the initial state of a non-profit and open-source institution.
In addition, Musk asked to calculate the amount of funds he and other investors have injected into OpenAI, as well as how much benefit these injections have created for OpenAI, and how much of it has gone into the pockets of the shareholders behind OpenAI and Sam Altman.
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2. The power and anxiety of GPT
The GPT series models, as a "nuclear bomb-level" breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence, shocked the industry with their powerful language understanding and generation capabilities. However, if such a powerful tool is in the hands of a small number of people, whether it will form technical barriers, exacerbate information asymmetry, and may even be abused, these doubts linger in Musk's mind. "GPT is a double-edged sword, it can be a beacon of knowledge, or it can be a curtain that obscures the truth," he exclaimed. Only by making it open source can we ensure that it serves all of humanity, not just a few interest groups. ”
3. Musk's battle papers
"Technology should not be the exclusive toy of the powerful, but should be like the sun shining on the earth for everyone. ”
This is Musk's central claim in this lawsuit. He believes that OpenAI has violated its original promise to prevent AI technology from being monopolized and ensure that the benefits of technological progress can be fairly benefited by all mankind. His action is undoubtedly a powerful counterattack to the current over-commercialization of the scientific and technological community, and it also sounded a wake-up call for all those who pay attention to the ethical issues of science and technology.
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4. Open Source and Closed: A Game for the Future
Behind this legal showdown is actually a serious debate about the direction of technological development: whether to choose closed development to protect intellectual property rights and business models, or open innovation to promote the rapid popularization of technology and social supervision. Musk firmly believes that open-source GPT is not only conducive to the improvement and development of the technology itself, but also allows more developers and researchers to participate in AI governance and jointly shape a more just and transparent AI future.
When Musk challenged OpenAI, he was actually challenging a notion -Can scientific and technological progress cross the boundary of profit and return to its original mission - to work for the benefit of all mankind?
This seemingly open source lawsuit over GPT is actually a deep torture of the future world order. Whatever the outcome, this battle of the century has quietly ignited the public's enthusiasm for the ethics of science and technology, and made people ponder: on the journey of chasing the stars and seas of technology, do we still remember the original intention and the oath of technology to serve the people?