In an interview on Monday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke about his now strained relationship with former Google CEO Larry Page and their contrasting views on artificial intelligence.
What Happened: Musk had this conversation with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas. The tech billionaire was talking about the origins of ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, the startup he co-founded in 2015 and left in 2018.
He reminisced about the time saying, “I was very close with Larry Page, who’s one of my best friends.” He added that for the longest time, he didn’t have a place in the Bay Area and he used to just stay at a friend’s place, including Page’s.
Musk said at the time he and Page used to have these discussions, and he became troubled because Page wasn’t sufficiently concerned about AI safety.
The tech mogul then mentioned that time when Page called him a “speciesist,” to which Musk said that he was “correctly labeled. Musk then said Page’s view was, “if I’m not misspeaking, that ultimately we will all upload our minds to the computer and everyone will just be robots.”
Dr. Peterson echoed Musk’s concerns, stating that such a future would be akin to “the death of humanity.”
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Why It Matters: Last year in November, Musk expressed his desire to mend his strained relationship with Page during an episode of the Lex Fridman podcast.
“I would like to be friends again with Larry. I haven't seen him in ages. We were friends for a very long time," Musk said at the time.
The rift between Musk and Page reportedly dates back to 2013, stemming from their differing views on OpenAI. The tension escalated in 2014 when the Tesla CEO advised DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis against entering into a deal with Google, where Page was the CEO at the time.
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