Elon Musk s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
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That s a key subtext of Elon Musk s attempt to shut down OpenAI s for-profit AI business. His attorneys argue that the organization was set up as a charity focused on AI safety and lost its way in pursuit of lucre. To prove that, they cite old emails and statements from the organization s founders about the need for a public-spirited counterweight to Google DeepMind.
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