Comment by kjksf
3 days ago
He didn't "got rid of openai".
When he left OpenAI the stated reason was conflict of interests: Tesla was ramping up work on self driving.
He also hired A. Karpathy away from OpenAI to lead Tesla's ai vision.
3 days ago
He didn't "got rid of openai".
When he left OpenAI the stated reason was conflict of interests: Tesla was ramping up work on self driving.
He also hired A. Karpathy away from OpenAI to lead Tesla's ai vision.
There's also the small detail where OpenAI decided to only remain open in name?
And the fact that Sam from the very start wanted to turn it into his own closed source for-profit company (still ongoing) using non-profit funding as start-up seed funds (essentially stealing Elon Musk's money)?
Funny, the scenario you described is exactly what Elon wanted to do!
https://openai.com/index/openai-elon-musk/
> In late 2017, we and Elon decided the next step for the mission was to create a for-profit entity. Elon wanted majority equity, initial board control, and to be CEO. In the middle of these discussions, he withheld funding. Reid Hoffman bridged the gap to cover salaries and operations.