What Elon Musk and Sam Altman said about each other

(Mr. Musk wrote back: “Thanks Sam!”)

In the “Continuing with Kara Swisherpodcast, in March 2023:

“He’s a jerk, whatever else you want to say about him – he has a style that I wouldn’t want for myself. But I think he really cares, and he feels very stressed about what the future will look like for humanity.”

In the “In good companypodcast, in September:

“Elon was definitely a talent magnet and attention magnet, and he also has some real superpowers that were super helpful to us in those early days, besides all that stuff.”

What Mr Musk and Mr Altman said about AI during joint appearances:

In a conversation Vanity Fair’s new establishment, in October 2015:

Mr. Altman: “The happy vision of the future is that humans and AI are in a symbiotic relationship, distributed AI, which empowers many individuals, not this one AI that controls everything we all do and is a million times smarter than any other form. other entity.

Mr Musk: “I agree with what Sam said. We are in fact already a collective symbiote of man and machine, like a gigantic cyborg.”

In an interview Mr. Altman performed with Mr Musk, in September 2016:

Mr. Altman: “Speaking of really important issues – AI – you’ve been outspoken about AI. Can you share what you think the positive future for AI looks like and how we get there?

Mr Musk: “So I think we need to democratize AI technology and make it widely available, and that’s why you, I and the rest of the team created OpenAI to help spread AI. technology so that it does not end up in the hands of a few.”

Cade Metz reporting contributed.