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Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity
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His testimony attempted set him up as a magnanimous hero, in contrast to the defendant, Sam Altman.
Key facts
- He wants the future to be more like Gene Roddenberry’s and not like James Cameron’s
- In the high-profile trial between him and his fellow OpenAI co-founder, now CEO, Sam Altman, Musk opened by going through his background
- His testimony attempted set him up as a magnanimous hero, in contrast to the defendant, Sam Altman
- Why is Musk giving the jury so much of his origin story
Summary
In the high-profile trial between him and his fellow OpenAI co-founder, now CEO, Sam Altman, Musk opened by going through his background. Why is Musk giving the jury so much of his origin story? He said that he has been worried about AI in his college years, that it could be a “double-edged sword,” one that could “solve all the diseases and make everyone prosperous, or it could kill us all.” He suggested that AI had two outcomes: the utopian Star Trek one, or the dystopian Terminator one.