Elon Musk took to Twitter to talk about his new artificial intelligence company, xAI, outlining the vague goal of “understanding” the universe, stating that the best way to build a superintelligent computer is to create a computer that is curious about the world and the world. explained that it is to train Human race.
The billionaire officially announced the company on Wednesday after saying for months that he plans to form a new venture to tap into the burgeoning “generative” AI field. He announced a team of all-male AI researchers drawn from Google, OpenAI and the University of Toronto.
Musk has been outspoken about AI for years, saying in 2014 that the invention of super-intelligent computers was like “summoning the devil” and could pose an existential threat to humanity. is famous. He helped found his OpenAI, which developed his ChatGPT in 2015, but disagreements with other leaders led him to leave the company in 2018. Over the past few months, he has complained about OpenAI and other AI companies scraping Twitter data to help train bots.
Tesla, the publicly traded electric car company in which Musk is the largest shareholder, already has a strong AI team that has been working on self-driving cars for years. Musk said the new AI venture will work closely with both Twitter and Tesla.
Musk initially delayed the start of the event to wait for more listeners to join. He said Twitter is adjusting its algorithm to make the space visible to more people. About 34,000 people were listening when it started.
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