OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk is a jerk on Twitter

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the man behind revolutionary technologies like ChatGPT, DALL-E spoke about Elon Musk during an almost 2 hour 30 minute podcast. Altman stated that he believes that Elon Musk is a jerk on Twitter, but he also believes that he empathises with the billionaire in a lot of instances. Like Musk, Altman is concerned about the safety aspect of artificial generative intelligence.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman answered some pressing questions about the GPT 4 and ChatGPT on the Lex Fridman podcast. He reacted to Elon Musk'sMusk's tweets about OpenAI and its association with Microsoft.

Altman said that Elon is attacking us on Twitter right now on a number of different vectors, and I have empathy because I believe he is really stressed about AGI safety. There are some other motivations going on too, but that's definitely one of them. Musk has questioned how OpenAI went from a non-profit to a for-profit organisation in the past. He claimed that he donated the first $100 million when it was a non-profit. Musk expressed his skepticism about OpenAI's association with Microsoft, claiming that the software giant has exclusive access to the entire OpenAI codebase. He claimed that Microsoft has everything, including the model weights, when push comes to shove. What do Sam Altman and Elon Musk have in common?

Altman admitted that he understands why Musk might be stressed about Artificial General Intelligence AGI safety, but he said there could be other motivations behind his recent Twitter attacks. Altman said that Musk was also being attacked by early pioneers in the space travel industry, and he was visibly hurt by it. Altman claimed that Musk was the kind of hero he grew up idolising.

Altman believes that despite Musk's behavior on social media, he has driven the world forward in important ways. He cited Musk's contributions to the electric vehicle and space industries as examples of how he has made a positive impact on the world.

Altman urged him to focus more on the hard work that needs to be done to ensure AGI safety while acknowledging that Musk can be funny and warm in person.

Altman spoke about Satya Nadella and his leadership at Microsoft during the Lex Fridman Podcast. He categorically stated that he is a fan of Satya. He believes that Micrsoft CEO Satya Nadella is one of the few people who are good at both leadership and management.

Microsoft invested $10 billion in OpenAI ahead of the launch of it's AI-based products such as Copilot, Bing AI chatbot, and others.