Mar '24 (edited) • General Discussion
I find this interesting: Elon Musk suing OpenAi
Elon Musk has sued OpenAI. In Musk‘s opinion, OpenAI has broken the promise of „developing AI technology for the benefit of humanity“ going against its founding statements and principles. Instead, he claims, it is now acting purely in the interest of Microsoft's profits and market dominance.
Whether the claim is true or not is a matter of debate, and this might also be one of Elon‘s PR stunts, although Musk has been very open and vocal when expressing his concerns regarding the risks related to AI technology.
However, I find it interesting for different reasons:
- This is a direct and concrete action with skin in the game by maybe pursuing legal action
- The decision will be in the hands of the legal system and a judge. This could create maybe an interesting precedent. For example in a hypothetical and improbable scenario: What if the judge decides that the claim is legit and that OpenAI technology cannot be developed for profit but instead must be released open source? And that Microsoft has an ethical obligation to support this development?
What about the opposite and dystopian scenario where „AI technology“becomes 100% property of tech companies creating a technocratic leadership? (Plenty of good sci-fi goes in this direction).
- This might prompt an acceleration in policy development and regulatory intervention which will have a strong influence on shaping this technology for the future
What do you think? Is this just noise or might be the seed of pivotal change (for good or bad)?
Here is the article for reference:
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I find this interesting: Elon Musk suing OpenAi
