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Comment by cactusplant7374 | Hacker News Reader

I think Elon is trying to delay AI because he is so far behind in his AI ambitions. Altman is getting so much press and Elon is noticeably jealous.

The pause would give him time to spin up a startup and attempt to compete.

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Not sure if his latest call is to buy more time, but to say that it is his only motive is just wrong. Musk has always voiced concern about AI, even if he pushes for it at the same time. This is from 2017 when OpenAI was still in his plan:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/04/elon-musk-says-global-race-f...

> “Last month he co-signed a letter with other leaders in robotics including Google Deep Mind’s Mustafa Suleyman, calling on the United Nations to ban killer robots”

Elon's been hesitant about AI for a while now, so I don't think it's only jealous, but I do agree that I think that's part of it.

Except he isn't hesitant about the AI that is beneficial to him and his company. It doesn't make him wrong but it does make him a bit hypocritical.

Totally agree that he's a hypocrite, but I've always assumed that "okay for me, but not for thee" mindset came mainly from ego.

"If Tesla builds an AI, I'm smart enough that I can keep it in check. If someone else builds an AI their CEO is probably not smart enough to do the same thing."

Elon has a long history of thinking he's smarter than everyone else and that even people who are experts in their field aren't as capable as he is (cave submarine).

Most likely, yes. With Tesla and autopilot, he was getting a lot of press. Now, no one is talking about Tesla.

hasn't he been saying these things even before GPT, though?

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