Elon Musk's Warning and the Battle for AI Transparency
Elon Musk is curious about what scared OpenAI's chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, enough to want to fire CEO Sam Altman. The board recently fired Altman but then reinstated him after revamping the board, with investors led by Microsoft pushing for the changes. OpenAI's mission is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits humanity, but the board's decision to fire Altman was vague, leaving many questions unanswered. Reuters reported that OpenAI researchers warned the board about a new AI project called Q* that could threaten humanity. Musk, who has long warned about the dangers of AI, cofounded OpenAI but left on a sour note, criticizing the company's shift towards a closed-source, maximum-profit model controlled by Microsoft.
