What Musk has said about Altman
Mail in Xin November:
“What matters is having directors who deeply understand ai and take on Sam. Human civilization is at stake here.”
In the New York Times DealBook Summitin November:
“I have mixed feelings about Sam. The power ring can corrupt, and he has the power ring. So I do not know”.
“I'm quite concerned that there is some dangerous element of ai that they've created.”
“Mr. Altman moved OpenAI radically away from its original mission and historical practice of making its technology and knowledge available to the public.”
What Altman has said about Musk
in a Vanity Fair Interview, in December 2015:
“I really trust him, which is obviously important for everyone involved.”
on a personal blog mail, in January 2019:
“I remember when Elon Musk took me on a tour of the SpaceX factory many years ago. He talked in detail about the manufacturing of each part of the rocket, but what sticks in his memory was the look of absolute certainty on his face when he talked about sending big rockets to Mars. I walked away thinking, 'Hey, so that's the benchmark of what conviction looks like.'”
in a cheepin May 2019:
“It's disgusting to see so many people against Tesla. Let him be the person who is on the climate and innovation side, not the person who hopes to make money with puts. Plus, betting against Elon is historically a mistake… and the best product usually wins.
(Mr. Musk responded: “Thanks Sam!”).
In it “With Kara Swisher” podcastin March 2023:
“He's an asshole, regardless of what you want to say about him, he has a style that is not what I would like to have. But I think he really cares and feels very stressed about what the future will be like for humanity.”
In it “In good company” podcastin September:
“Elon was definitely a talent and attention magnet, for sure, and he also has some real superpowers that were very helpful to us in those early days, all that stuff aside.”
What Musk and Altman said about ai in joint appearances:
In a conversation in The new establishment of Vanity Fair, in October 2015:
Mr. Altman: “The happy vision of the future is of humans and ai in a symbiotic relationship, distributed ai, in some ways empowering many individuals, not this one ai that governs everything we all do and is a a million times smarter than anyone else. another entity.
Mr. Musk: “I agree with what Sam said. In fact, we are already a collective human machine symbiote, like a giant cyborg.”
In an interview Mr. Altman carried out with Mr. Muskin September 2016:
Mr. Altman: “Talking about really big issues, ai, you've talked openly about ai. Could you talk to us about what you think the positive future of ai will look like and how we will get there?”
Mr. Musk: “So I think we need to democratize ai technology, make it widely available, and that's why obviously you and I and the rest of the team created OpenAI to help with the spread of ai. technology so that it is not concentrated in the hands of a few.”
Cade Metz contributed reports.
