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Elon Musk v OpenAI: tech giants are inciting existential fears to evade scrutiny - Moguls extol the fruits of artificial intelligence, but seek to hide its science from public view

Moguls extol the fruits of artificial intelligence, but seek to hide its science from public view

From the boardrooms of Silicon Valley to the backrooms of Davos, political leaders, tech moguls and academics exult in the immense benefits that AI will bring, but fear that it may also herald humanity’s demise as superintelligent machines come to rule the world. In 2015, the journalist Steven Levy interviewed Elon Musk and Sam Altman, two founders of OpenAI, the tech company that burst into public consciousness two years ago with the release of ChatGPT, the seemingly human-like chatbot. At the heart of the AI debate are questions not simply about the technology but also about accountability and control For others, it is precisely such disdain for ordinary people that has helped create a democratic deficit in which large sections of the population feel deprived of a say in how society is run.

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