In Musk v. OpenAI, Both Sides Lose Moral High Ground: Analysis

In January 2018, Greg Brockman, a co-founder of OpenAI, sent Elon Musk a lengthy memo about the future of the artificial intelligence lab, which was then structured as a not-for-profit entity. Musk had been urging Brockman and another OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman to consider merging the lab with his electric-car company, Tesla Inc. This would provide sufficient financial resources for their research efforts while giving Musk control over OpenAI. Musk claimed the last part was a side benefit. All he cared about was making sure that someone would create AI technology that would help humanity.

Brockman’s memo argued against ...