The debate over AI's potential dangers has also caused internal disputes within OpenAI, a nonprofit research lab co-founded by Musk. OpenAI's board has had disagreements about the risks AI poses to humanity, leading to the temporary ousting of co-founder Sam Altman. Musk left OpenAI's board in 2018 after a failed takeover attempt.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk and Larry Page had a heated argument about the dangers of AI at Musk's 44th birthday party in 2015, which reportedly ended their friendship.
- Page believes in a 'digital utopia' where humans would eventually merge with intelligent machines, while Musk fears that machines would wipe out humanity.
- Musk tried to convince DeepMind's founder not to sell to Google, arguing that the future of AI should not be controlled by Larry Page.
- Musk later launched OpenAI, a nonprofit research lab dedicated to ensuring AI systems would benefit humanity, and his own AI startup called xAI.