recently,OpenAI Ilya Sutskever, the core scientist of the company, and CEO of the company Sam Altman The fate of the company has attracted widespread attention on the board.Musk, one of OpenAI’s former co-founders, took a keen interest in what Sutskever saw inside the company, enough so that he could take action to fire Altman.
Sutskever, whom Musk recently described as a “nice guy” with a “good heart,” is key to OpenAI’s successHe notified Altman of his dismissal two weeks ago on Friday, but then retracted his decision on Monday, expressing deep regret for his involvement in the board's actions and emphasizing that he never intended to harm OpenAI.
Although Altman has been reappointed, Musk and other tech elites, including the board that mocked Altman’s firing, are still curious about what Sutskever saw. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has also expressed concern.
OpenAI's mission is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) and ensure it "benefit all of humanity"AGI refers to systems that can match humans in unfamiliar tasks. OpenAI’s unusual corporate structure gives the nonprofit board a higher status than a company with profit caps, allowing the board to fire the CEO if it feels that commercializing potentially dangerous AI capabilities is moving too fast.
Reuters reported earlier on Thursday that several OpenAI researchers had warned the board in a letter that a new AI could pose a threat to humanity. OpenAI responded to Reuters’ request for comment.Acknowledged a project called Q* (pronounced Q-Star), which some employees believe could be a breakthrough in the company's quest for AGIQ* was reportedly able to pass basic math tests, showing different reasoning abilities than ChatGPT’s more predictive behavior.
Musk has warnedAIpotential dangers to humanity, although he also sees its positive side and through his startup xAI launches ChatGPT competitor GrokHe left OpenAI in dissatisfaction a few years later and later complained about the one-time nonprofit organization, which he had hoped would serve as a counterweight to Google’s AI hegemony.In fact, it has become a "closed source,maximumProfit Company.
Over the weekend, Musk commented on the OpenAI board’s decision to fire Altman: “Given the risks and power of advanced AI, the public deserves to be informed of why the board felt it had to take such extreme action.”
When an X user suggested there might be “significant variables” that the public is unaware of, Musk responded, “Indeed.”
After rescinding his decision on Monday, Sutskever said of Altman's return, "There are no words in the world that can express how happy I am right now."