Elon Musk has expressed his confusion and concern over OpenAI, a non-profit to which he donated $100 million, becoming a $30 billion market cap for-profit. Musk worries about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and agrees with A.I. expert Max Tegmark’s statement that an unregulated race to the bottom will end badly for the human race. Musk’s comments have sparked a debate about the legal and financial implications of OpenAI’s transformation, and the potential risks of artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk donated to OpenAI, a non-profit company created to counterbalance Google’s lead in Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, OpenAI has since become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft, which was not Musk’s intention. Musk’s donation was intended to create an open source, non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google’s AI dominance. He wanted to ensure that the development of AI technology would be accessible to everyone, not just those with the resources to invest in it. Musk’s donation was a way to ensure that the development of AI technology would remain open and accessible to all.
OpenAI is committed to providing public goods that help society navigate the path to artificial general intelligence (AGI). OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that AGI, which is highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work, benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is free from financial obligations, allowing it to focus on a positive human impact. It is committed to creating public goods that will help society on its journey to AGI.
The A.I. race between Microsoft and Google has intensified this week. OpenAI launched GPT-4, a more powerful successor to ChatGPT, which is now powering Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Google has announced upcoming A.I. features for its Workspace apps, including Gmail and Docs, and is refining Bard—a ChatGPT rival. Elon Musk has expressed concerns over his role with OpenAI, suggesting that there needs to be a regulatory authority overseeing A.I. development to ensure it is operating in the public interest. The A.I. race between Microsoft and Google is heating up, with both companies introducing new A.I. features and technologies to their products.
