Elon Musk on Friday said the aim of his new artificial intelligence company, xAI, will be to “understand the universe”.
In a 90-minute audio chat on Twitter Spaces, the billionaire discussed his vision for xAI for the first time while turning to topics like Earth’s evolution and the fragility of civilization. bright.
As he sought to deepen his understanding of the universe, Musk joked that xAI’s mission statement would be “what the hell is really going on?”
Musk announced the formation of xAI on Wednesday after accusing companies like OpenAI and Google of developing the technology without considering the risk to humans.
OpenAI and Google did not respond to requests for comment.
He said xAI will seek to build a “good AGI”, as an alternative to Microsoft, Google and OpenAI. AGI stands for artificial overview intelligence and refers to AI that can solve problems like humans.
During the Spaces session, where the start of the session was delayed because Twitter needed to “fine-tune the algorithm” to promote chat to more users, Musk said xAI will work closely with his other companies, Twitter and Tesla.
The company will use public tweets to train its AI models, and may also work with Tesla on AI software.
Musk said such a relationship would be of “mutual interest” and could accelerate Tesla’s work on self-driving capabilities.
He also accused all AI companies of training their models using Twitter data in a way he described as illegal.
Musk, an advocate of AI regulations, said he pushed for meetings with White House officials and emphasized the importance of AI regulation in recent meetings with top government officials. top in China.
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