Elon Musk was reportedly working on his AI company while publicly calling for a pause on AI development
Elon Musk, despite calling for a pause on AI development, was quietly building his own AI venture, xAI, during the same time.
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Posted 8/22/2023, 8:45:00 PM
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Elon Musk is deeply concerned about the dangers of artificial intelligence and is taking steps to ensure its safety, including founding OpenAI and starting his own AI company, xAI.
Elon Musk attempted to stop Google's acquisition of AI company DeepMind in 2014, expressing his distrust of Larry Page and his views on AI's potential to replace humans.
Elon Musk, despite co-founding and investing in OpenAI, felt left out and resentful when generative AI gained popularity, as stated in an excerpt from Walter Isaacson's biography, with Musk criticizing OpenAI's for-profit model and launching his own AI venture, xAI.
Elon Musk's various startups and business ventures, including Neuralink and Tesla's Optimus, may be part of a broader plan to advance artificial general intelligence (AGI), according to his biographer Walter Isaacson. While critics doubt the feasibility of AGI in the near term, Musk's new startup xAI could potentially merge his businesses into a major AI corporation aimed at pushing technological boundaries.
Elon Musk, the cofounder of OpenAI, played a significant role in the early days of the company through his exceptional talents and abilities, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, but Musk's recent launch of his own A.I. startup, xAI, puts him in direct competition with OpenAI.