山姆·奧特曼和埃隆·馬斯克并非素不相識。OpenAI的首席執行官和特斯拉的首席執行官曾一起共進晚餐,也曾同臺接受采訪。他們在2015年合作創立了OpenAI,以對抗谷歌在人工智能領域的主導地位。
但如今,這兩位科技界名人的關系并不融洽。他們經常在社交媒體和其他公共場合相互攻擊。到底發生了什么?
顯然,OpenAI的發展方向是導火索之一(見下文),但奧特曼在《紐約時報》周日的一篇文章中提出了另一個因素,有助于解釋雙方不和的原因。
他告訴該報:"存在分歧、不信任和自負。人們的目標方向越接近,就越容易有分歧。你可以在教派和宗教團體中發現這一點。最親密的人之間也會發生激烈的爭斗。"
2015年,奧特曼和馬斯克在硅谷一家豪華牧場風格酒店——門洛帕克瑰麗酒店(Rosewood Sand Hill)共進晚餐時,似乎還在朝著同一個方向前進。當時,谷歌(Google)剛剛收購了總部位于倫敦的神經網絡初創公司DeepMind,這使其成為最有可能開發出通用人工智能(AGI)的公司。通用人工智能是一種在面對不常見的任務時能夠與人類匹敵的系統。
在晚宴上,兩人和其他人討論了成立一個透明、開源的人工智能實驗室,并致力于讓先進的人工智能惠及大眾的相關事宜。馬斯克和“PayPal黑手黨”的其他幾個成員——包括彼得·蒂爾(Peter Thiel)和雷德·霍夫曼(Reid Hoffman)——投資了數百萬美元來啟動這一實驗室。
“這完全不是我的初衷”
OpenAI成立于2015年,但在一場權力斗爭之后,馬斯克在2018年與之分道揚鑣。這家非營利組織需要資金和計算資源,于是求助于微軟(Microsoft),后者從2019年開始承諾向其投資數十億美元。奧特曼在這家非營利機構的基礎上成立了一家以營利為目的的公司,這種非同尋常的架構導致他被短暫解雇,但上個月又被重新聘為首席執行官。
自從與OpenAI分道揚鑣后,馬斯克對奧特曼領導下的OpenAI的發展方向表示厭惡,尤其是在OpenAI接受了微軟數十億美元的投資之后。
今年早些時候,他發推文表示:“創建初始,Open AI是一家非營利性的開源(這也是我將其命名為"Open"AI的原因)機構,旨在制衡谷歌,但現在它變成了實際上由微軟控制的閉源、追求利益最大化的公司。這完全不是我的初衷。”
馬斯克長期以來一直在警告先進的人工智能對人類構成的潛在危險,但他也看到了開發安全人工智能的前景。上個月,他通過自己的初創公司xAI發布了一款人工智能聊天機器人Grok,對標OpenAI的ChatGPT,后者于去年年底發布,掀起了當前的人工智能熱潮。
奧特曼很快就抨擊了Grok,在X上說Grok"用嬰兒潮一代那種尷尬的老掉牙的幽默方式回答問題(以震驚來引人發笑)"。
馬斯克回擊說,OpenAI的GPT-4——他稱之為“GPT-Snore”——缺乏幽默感,稱其“就像在潛艇上裝紗門一樣滑稽”。
在《與卡拉·斯威舍對話》(On With Kara Swisher)的播客節目中,奧特曼稱馬斯克是個"混蛋",不過他也承認馬斯克在吸引頂尖人工智能人才加入OpenAI方面發揮了作用。馬斯克在從谷歌招攬OpenAI首席科學家伊爾亞·蘇茨克維(Ilya Sutskever)方面發揮了關鍵作用,上個月,蘇茨克維和其他董事會成員一起解雇了奧特曼,但不久之后又反悔了。
這種夙怨可能部分源于馬斯克的個性。多年來,他還與亞馬遜(Amazon)創始人杰夫·貝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)針鋒相對,因為兩人在太空雄心方面展開了競爭。他還斷絕了與谷歌聯合創始人拉里·佩奇(Larry Page)的友誼,佩奇表示,兩人的不和很大程度上源于馬斯克挖走了蘇茨克維。
“我不想擁有他的風格。”奧特曼在斯威舍的播客節目中談到馬斯克時說。
但奧特曼也表示,馬斯克“真的很關心通用人工智能的美好未來”,這或許可以追溯到他最近的評論,即“人們的目標方向越接近,就越容易有分歧”。
他們的激烈爭斗還將持續多久,還有待觀察。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
山姆·奧特曼和埃隆·馬斯克并非素不相識。OpenAI的首席執行官和特斯拉的首席執行官曾一起共進晚餐,也曾同臺接受采訪。他們在2015年合作創立了OpenAI,以對抗谷歌在人工智能領域的主導地位。
但如今,這兩位科技界名人的關系并不融洽。他們經常在社交媒體和其他公共場合相互攻擊。到底發生了什么?
顯然,OpenAI的發展方向是導火索之一(見下文),但奧特曼在《紐約時報》周日的一篇文章中提出了另一個因素,有助于解釋雙方不和的原因。
他告訴該報:"存在分歧、不信任和自負。人們的目標方向越接近,就越容易有分歧。你可以在教派和宗教團體中發現這一點。最親密的人之間也會發生激烈的爭斗。"
2015年,奧特曼和馬斯克在硅谷一家豪華牧場風格酒店——門洛帕克瑰麗酒店(Rosewood Sand Hill)共進晚餐時,似乎還在朝著同一個方向前進。當時,谷歌(Google)剛剛收購了總部位于倫敦的神經網絡初創公司DeepMind,這使其成為最有可能開發出通用人工智能(AGI)的公司。通用人工智能是一種在面對不常見的任務時能夠與人類匹敵的系統。
在晚宴上,兩人和其他人討論了成立一個透明、開源的人工智能實驗室,并致力于讓先進的人工智能惠及大眾的相關事宜。馬斯克和“PayPal黑手黨”的其他幾個成員——包括彼得·蒂爾(Peter Thiel)和雷德·霍夫曼(Reid Hoffman)——投資了數百萬美元來啟動這一實驗室。
“這完全不是我的初衷”
OpenAI成立于2015年,但在一場權力斗爭之后,馬斯克在2018年與之分道揚鑣。這家非營利組織需要資金和計算資源,于是求助于微軟(Microsoft),后者從2019年開始承諾向其投資數十億美元。奧特曼在這家非營利機構的基礎上成立了一家以營利為目的的公司,這種非同尋常的架構導致他被短暫解雇,但上個月又被重新聘為首席執行官。
自從與OpenAI分道揚鑣后,馬斯克對奧特曼領導下的OpenAI的發展方向表示厭惡,尤其是在OpenAI接受了微軟數十億美元的投資之后。
今年早些時候,他發推文表示:“創建初始,Open AI是一家非營利性的開源(這也是我將其命名為"Open"AI的原因)機構,旨在制衡谷歌,但現在它變成了實際上由微軟控制的閉源、追求利益最大化的公司。這完全不是我的初衷。”
馬斯克長期以來一直在警告先進的人工智能對人類構成的潛在危險,但他也看到了開發安全人工智能的前景。上個月,他通過自己的初創公司xAI發布了一款人工智能聊天機器人Grok,對標OpenAI的ChatGPT,后者于去年年底發布,掀起了當前的人工智能熱潮。
奧特曼很快就抨擊了Grok,在X上說Grok"用嬰兒潮一代那種尷尬的老掉牙的幽默方式回答問題(以震驚來引人發笑)"。
馬斯克回擊說,OpenAI的GPT-4——他稱之為“GPT-Snore”——缺乏幽默感,稱其“就像在潛艇上裝紗門一樣滑稽”。
在《與卡拉·斯威舍對話》(On With Kara Swisher)的播客節目中,奧特曼稱馬斯克是個"混蛋",不過他也承認馬斯克在吸引頂尖人工智能人才加入OpenAI方面發揮了作用。馬斯克在從谷歌招攬OpenAI首席科學家伊爾亞·蘇茨克維(Ilya Sutskever)方面發揮了關鍵作用,上個月,蘇茨克維和其他董事會成員一起解雇了奧特曼,但不久之后又反悔了。
這種夙怨可能部分源于馬斯克的個性。多年來,他還與亞馬遜(Amazon)創始人杰夫·貝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)針鋒相對,因為兩人在太空雄心方面展開了競爭。他還斷絕了與谷歌聯合創始人拉里·佩奇(Larry Page)的友誼,佩奇表示,兩人的不和很大程度上源于馬斯克挖走了蘇茨克維。
“我不想擁有他的風格。”奧特曼在斯威舍的播客節目中談到馬斯克時說。
但奧特曼也表示,馬斯克“真的很關心通用人工智能的美好未來”,這或許可以追溯到他最近的評論,即“人們的目標方向越接近,就越容易有分歧”。
他們的激烈爭斗還將持續多久,還有待觀察。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are hardly strangers. The CEOs of OpenAI and Tesla, respectively, have dined together and shared a stage. They worked together to launch OpenAI in 2015 to counter Google’s dominance in artificial intelligence.
But these days the tech luminaries are not on great terms. They’ve often swiped at each another on social media and in other public venues. So what happened?
Obviously the direction OpenAI has taken plays a role (see below), but Altman described another element to help explain the falling out in a Sunday New York Times article.
“There is disagreement, mistrust, egos,” he told the paper. “The closer people are to being pointed in the same direction, the more contentious the disagreements are. You see this in sects and religious orders. There are bitter fights between the closest people.”
Altman and Musk certainly seemed pointed in the same direction during a dinner in 2015 at the Rosewood Sand Hill, a luxurious ranch-style hotel in Silicon Valley. Google had just acquired DeepMind, a neural networking startup based in London, which made it the most likely company to develop artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a system that can match humans when faced with an unfamiliar task.
At the dinner, the two men, along with others gathered, discussed starting an AI lab that would be transparent, open-source, and dedicated to democratizing the benefits of advance artificial intelligence. Musk and a few other members of the “PayPal mafia”—including Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman—invested millions to get the lab rolling.
‘Not what I intended at all’
OpenAI launched in 2015, but after a power struggle, Musk parted ways with it in 2018. The nonprofit, needing financial and computing resources, turned to Microsoft, which, starting in 2019, committed to investing billions into it. Altman formed for-profit company under the nonprofit, an unusual structure that contributed to him being briefly fired then rehired as CEO last month.
Since parting ways with OpenAI, Musk has expressed disgust with its direction under Altman, especially after OpenAI accepted billions in investments from Microsoft.
“OpenAI was created as an open source (which is why I named it ‘Open’ AI), non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google, but now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft,” he tweeted earlier this year. “Not what I intended at all.”
Musk has long warned of the potential danger advanced AI poses to humanity, but he also sees its promise if developed safely. Via his startup xAI, last month he announced Grok, an AI chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the release of which late last year kicked off the current AI boom.
Altman quickly roasted Grok, suggesting on X that it “answers questions with cringey boomer humor in a sort of awkward shock-to-get-laughs sort of way.”
Musk shot back that OpenAI’s GPT-4—which he dubbed “GPT-Snore”—lacks a sense of humor, calling it “about as funny as a screendoor on a submarine.”
Altman called Musk a “jerk” during the On With Kara Swisher podcast, though he acknowledged the role he played in attracting top AI talent to OpenAI. Musk was pivotal to recruiting from Google OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who joined other board members in firing Altman last month, only to backtrack soon after.
Part of feud may stem from Musk’s personality. He’s also traded barbs with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for years as the two have competed in their space ambitions. And he broke off his friendship with Google cofounder Larry Page, a falling out that he said stemmed largely from Musk poaching Sutskever.
“He has a style that is not a style that I’d want to have for myself,” Altman said of Musk on the Swisher podcast.
But Altman also said that Musk “really does care about a good future with AGI,” which gets back, perhaps, to his more recent comments that “the closer people are to being pointed in the same direction, the more contentious the disagreements are.”
How long their bitter fight continues remains to be seen.