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Hey, I don’t dislike Musk. He is one of the people who is actually making a difference. Nearly all the others are building yachts and procrastinating. But th

Hey, I don’t dislike Musk. He is one of the people who is actually making a difference. Nearly all the others are building yachts and procrastinating. But that doesn’t mean that I’d like him to be the absolute ruler with a superior AI tech. He thinks too much of himself and he’ll make mistakes.

randmeerkat 4y ago
Fortunately Sam Altman, not Musk is running point at OpenAI. imho Sam is the perfect person for the job. If anyone can manage the risks of something like AGI while also optimizing for the benefits, it’s Sam.
- staunton 4y ago
  However, Musk thinks (or at least claims to think) that AI alignment is an urgent problem while Altman does not.
  - randmeerkat 4y ago
    I don’t understand why people worry so much about what Musk “thinks”.
    - staunton 4y ago
      It's because he has money, influence and can plausibly claim to know things about business. More to the ppint, he has been involved with OpenAI and his reactions might give an indication of the internal politics there surrounding AI safety.
      - randmeerkat 4y ago
        > More to the ppint, he has been involved with OpenAI and his reactions might give an indication of the internal politics there surrounding AI safety. That’s an interesting thought, one that I would give more consideration to in the early days of Musk. However, given Musk’s increasingly intense and emotional public outbursts, I’m more inclined to believe his concern is less about AI safety, than it is about his ego being damaged for not being the one leading OpenAI.
  - trinsic2 4y ago
    Can you list some sources on that I would like to actually read what he thinks. In reference to musk
8note 4y ago
Is he making a difference making inefficient luxury cars? Cars and car dependent infrastructure are part of the climate change problem, regardless of whether the cars burn fossil fuels If anything, he's using his wealth to solve the wrong problems, and has sucked up taxpayer resources to do so

randmeerkat 4y ago

Fortunately Sam Altman, not Musk is running point at OpenAI. imho Sam is the perfect person for the job. If anyone can manage the risks of something like AGI while also optimizing for the benefits, it’s Sam.

staunton 4y ago
However, Musk thinks (or at least claims to think) that AI alignment is an urgent problem while Altman does not.
- randmeerkat 4y ago
  I don’t understand why people worry so much about what Musk “thinks”.
  - staunton 4y ago
    It's because he has money, influence and can plausibly claim to know things about business. More to the ppint, he has been involved with OpenAI and his reactions might give an indication of the internal politics there surrounding AI safety.
    - randmeerkat 4y ago
      > More to the ppint, he has been involved with OpenAI and his reactions might give an indication of the internal politics there surrounding AI safety. That’s an interesting thought, one that I would give more consideration to in the early days of Musk. However, given Musk’s increasingly intense and emotional public outbursts, I’m more inclined to believe his concern is less about AI safety, than it is about his ego being damaged for not being the one leading OpenAI.
- trinsic2 4y ago
  Can you list some sources on that I would like to actually read what he thinks. In reference to musk

8note 4y ago

Is he making a difference making inefficient luxury cars? Cars and car dependent infrastructure are part of the climate change problem, regardless of whether the cars burn fossil fuels If anything, he's using his wealth to solve the wrong problems, and has sucked up taxpayer resources to do so