I really want to take Elon Musk’s claims to be creating “a maximum truth-seeking AI” called “TruthGPT” at face value. I really want this all to come from a place of honesty and integrity and trying to create a better, fairer world. I really want to believe that in whatever form it eventually takes, Musk’s new AI venture will legitimately create “an AI that cares about understanding the universe.”
I’m ready to get on board, but he’s just making it so damned hard.
Especially when the source for this new information comes from a Tucker Carlson interview on Fox News (via TechCrunch). It’s doubly tough when the interviewer, in trailing the interview spot on Fox and Friends, commends Musk’s sense of humour and the fact he doesn’t take himself too seriously then uses this phrase with a straight face:
“People who take themselves too seriously, like Stalin… or Chuck Schumer, make me uncomfortable, and should make us all uncomfortable.”
That’s some powerful deadpanning, Tucks. At least give us a wink at the end, eh?
Anyways, that’s just an arresting side note to Musk effectively announcing on Fox News that he’s committed to creating his alternative to …
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