Elon Musk Teases TruthGPT, a 'Maximum Truth-Seeking AI'
Elon Musk says he’s building his own rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the form of “TruthGPT,” which will be designed to counter the “political correctness” from other chatbot programs.
“What’s happening is that they [OpenAI] are training their AI to lie,” Musk claimed in an interview(Opens in a new window) with Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson.
Musk is no fan of ChatGPT. In February, he accused it of spouting propaganda after the AI program produced incorrect responses or refused to comment on politically charged topics, such as former President Donald Trump.
“A path to AI dystopia is to train an AI to be deceptive,” Musk told Carlson. “So yeah, I’m going to start something called TruthGPT. Or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.”
Musk acknowedged that he's "definitely starting late" on the AI front, "but I will try to create a third option [that] hopefully does more good than harm.”
Musk has reportedly purchased 10,000 enterprise-grade GPUs(Opens in a new window) to help train his own AI programs. At the same time, he's among the entrepreneurs and computer scientists who recently signed a letter demanding the tech industry pause development on AI programs for six months, citing the technology’s potential to disrupt society.
In the interview with Carlson, Musk said he’s concerned AI is dangerous because it holds the potential to outsmart human intelligence. This could lead to unpredictable effects, for example, creating an AI “super god” that could secretly take over or influence society. Hence, he says the technology needs to be regulated to ensure AI programs can benefit humanity.
“I think there should be some government oversight because it’s a danger to the public,” he said,
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