I'd be interested in hearing more background here. Last time I heard Musk say anything about AI, he was still on the hype train to crazy-town, talking about the

I'd be interested in hearing more background here. Last time I heard Musk say anything about AI, he was still on the hype train to crazy-town, talking about the world-conquering things it would do in the coming decades that have nothing to do with what anyone's researching right now. The idea that OpenAI could talk him down is pretty impressive, and if true I would significantly positively update my impression of OpenAI. (I thought OpenAI was funded by people on this hype train.)