The AI companies led by Musk and Altman (referring to XAI and OpenAI) have been in fierce competition, and the two sides have recently directly and publicly attacked each other. However, this is only part of the truth.
A few years ago, the two co-founded OpenAI. Today, Altman leads OpenAI, while Musk left OpenAI, which later gave birth to ChatGPT, in 2018 to create his own AI company, XAI, and recently launched its AI chatbot Grok.
And now,Musk is suing Ultraman and OpenAI, saying they betrayed the company's founding principles of open-sourcing AI technology and working to become an "AGI non-profit organization for the benefit of humanity."
In fact, the intricate relationship between Musk and Ultraman has been going on for years.
In 2015, Musk and Altman co-founded OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, along with Peter Tiel, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Y Combinator co-founder Jessica Livingston and other Silicon Valley people.
According to a statement by OpenAI on December 11, 2015, the organization aims to create a non-profit organizationFocus on developing AI "in a way that is most likely to benefit all of humanity".
At the time, Musk had said that artificial intelligence was the "greatest existential threat" to humanity.
Another statement announcing the establishment of OpenAI reads: "It is difficult to imagine how much human-level AI will bring to society, and it is also difficult to imagine how much harm AI will bring to society if it is not developed or used properly." ”
OpenAI said in a blog post at the time, "As Tesla continues to focus more on artificial intelligence. This will eliminate potential conflicts in Musk's future, adding that Musk will continue to provide guidance and donations. ”
A related source revealed that with Musk's departure,He also dropped his commitment to provide additional funding to OpenAI
Altman said in an interview: "It was very tough, and I had to readjust my life and time to make sure we had enough money. ”
According to reports, in 2023,Altman and the other co-founders of OpenAI rejected Musk's proposal to manage the company in 2018
Semafor reports that Musk wants to run the company on his own in an attempt to beat Google. However, when his offer to run the company was rejectedMusk then withdrew the fundsand left the OpenAI board of directors.
In 2019, Musk shared some insights about his decision to leaveOne of the reasons is that he "disagrees" with the direction of OpenAI's development
Musk wrote on Twitter: "I had to focus on solving a lot of engineering and manufacturing problems for Tesla and SpaceX. ”
In addition, Tesla is also competing for some of the same talent as OpenAI, and I don't agree with some of the things that the OpenAI team wants to do. All of this adds up, and we'd better break up amicably. ”
Two years after leaving the company, Musk said in response to an article in MIT Technology Review: ".OpenAI should be more open
The article reports that while OpenAI often claims to be committed to transparency, there is actually a "culture of secrecy."
Musk also added: "There is not a lot of confidence in Dario's security", referring to Dario Amodei, who led OpenAI's strategy at the time.
In December 2022, a few days after OpenAI released ChatGPT, Musk said that the company had prior access to Twitter's (now Musk-owned) database to train an AI chatbot, which Musk was putting on hold.
Musk believes that OpenAI's launch as an open-source and non-profit form requires further understanding of the future governance structure and revenue plans, but it is clear that neither of these have materialized. At the same time, Musk is very angry about the success of ChatGPT.
In November 2022, ChatGPT skyrocketed and won the favor of millions of users, doing everything from writing essays to writing basic **.
In February 2023, Musk doubled down on his denialsCalling the current existence of OpenAI "not my original intention at all".
OpenAI is developed as an open-source company (that's why I named it'Open'Artificial Intelligence), created by a non-profit company to compete with GoogleBut now it's a closed-source**, profit-maximizing company, which is actually controlled by Microsoft. This is completely different from what I was meant to do. ”
A month later, Musk reiterated that statement.
I still don't understand how the nonprofit I donated about $100 million became a $30 billion for-profit organization. If it's legal, why don't everyone do it? ”
He sued OpenAI, Altman, and co-founder Greg BrockmanIt said the company's direction in recent years violated its founding principles
His lawyer said OpenAI "has become a de facto closed-source subsidiary of the world's largest tech company" and is "perfecting an artificial general intelligence (AGI) that maximizes profits for Microsoft, not for the benefit of humanity."
OpenAI has not responded to a request for comment on the lawsuit
Altman said last year: "If you want to talk about Musk's merits, I think he does care about the bright future of artificial intelligence." ”
I mean, Musk is a bastard, whatever you want to say about him. His style wasn't what I wanted, but I think he really cared and he was very nervous about the future of humanity. ”
Altman also explained Musk's claim that OpenAI has become "a closed-source**, profit-maximizing company actually controlled by Microsoft": ".Most of the claims are not true, I think Elon knows that. ”
Despite Musk's "obvious attack" on OpenAI on Twitter,Ultraman still calls Musk one of his heroes
In a March 2023 episode of Lex Fridman's podcast, Altman stated, "Elon is clearly attacking us from several different angles on Twitter right now. ”
Still, he called Musk one of his heroes, adding: "I believe that Musk is really under a lot of pressure on AGI security, which is understandable." I learned a few things from him'Super invaluable'experience. ”
According to Fortune magazine, during a speech at University College London in May, Altman was asked what he had learned from different mentors. He spoke about Musk in his answer.
Of course, it's very valuable to learn from Musk what is possible and that you don't need to accept the fact that, for example, hard research and hard technology is not something you can ignore. ”
Musk had signed an open letter signed by more than 1,000 people calling for a six-month moratorium on training advanced AI systems.
The letter was also signed by several AI expertsThe letter mentions concerns about the potential risks of AI to humans
"We should only develop a robust AI system if we are convinced that it will have a positive impact and that its risks are manageable," the letter said. ”
However, according to a recent report by The New Yorker, at the same time as Musk publicly called for a pauseHe's quietly building his own AI competitor, XAI
After that, Musk briefly unfollowed Altman on Twitter before following him again. In addition, Altman later mocked Musk for calling himself a "free speech absolutist".
Twitter recently banned users** or reply to tweets containing such links in response to posts linking to rival Substacks, and subsequently did the opposite. In reply to a tweet about the situation, Altman sarcastically wrote, "What the ultimate absolute freedom of speech."
Ultraman jokedHe'll ** the rumored cage fight between Musk and Zuckerberg
He said at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in June: "If he and Zach did do it, I'd go and see it." However, he also said that he does not think he will challenge Musk in hand-to-hand combat.
Altman also repeated a few of his previous remarks about Musk's position on artificial intelligence.
He really, really cares about the security of AIWe have differences of opinion on some fronts, but we all care about this and he wants to make sure that our world has the best chance of getting a good outcome. ”
In addition, Altman recently told The New Yorker that Musk has taken a go-to-path approach to broader issues.
Musk desperately wants the world to be saved. But only if he is the one who saves the world. ”
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