Musk to Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman — “OpenAI is on a path of certain failure relative to Google.”
Elon Musk writes that OpenAI is on a path of certain failure relative to Google and that immediate, dramatic action is needed. He says he will not support the ICO approach, calling it a credibility loss and an unwise diversion, and identifies major expansions of OpenAI and Tesla AI as the only paths, with OpenAI needing more donated funds and credible board members because the current board is very weak.
OpenAI is on a path of certain failure relative to Google. There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be consigned to irrelevance.
I have considered the ICO approach and will not support it. In my opinion, that would simply result in a massive loss of credibility for OpenAI and everyone associated with the ICO. If something seems too good to be true, it is. This was, in my opinion, an unwise diversion.
The only paths I can think of are a major expansion of OpenAI and a major expansion of Tesla AI. Perhaps both simultaneously. The former would require a major increase in funds donated and highly credible people joining our board. The current board situation is very weak.