OpenAI and Elon Musk
 OpenAI and Elon Musk by timdaub.eth12379 🥝 • 3y • 0 views • 0 clicks | |
AI summary of the linked articleOpenAI says Elon Musk left the organization in February 2018 after disagreements over control of its planned for-profit structure. According to the account, Musk wanted majority equity, initial board control and the CEO role, and when OpenAI would not accept any individual having absolute control, he suggested merging OpenAI into Tesla. The account also says Musk withheld funding during these talks, that Reid Hoffman bridged the gap to cover salaries and operations, and that Musk wrote in December 2018 that raising several hundred million dollars would not be enough without billions per year. | |
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 I guess my only remark here is about how mid Elon‘s reasoning is related to open source and competing with Google. If you scroll down to Elon‘s email, and I understand they are excecs etc., but to me sending a Slate Star Codex blog post or reasoning from the view of open source path dependence is so narrow! Who knows what happens if you open source a really impactful model! As can also be seen with Meta having done that, to me, it isn‘t clear what the consequences will be and that should have been the argument! | |
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