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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 wh
by 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 agoHowever, Musk thinks (or at least claims to think) that AI alignment is an urgent problem while Altman does not.
- randmeerkat 4y agoI don’t understand why people worry so much about what Musk “thinks”.
- staunton 4y agoIt'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 agoCan you list some sources on that I would like to actually read what he thinks. In reference to musk