Elon Musk is also working on an alternative to ChatGPT, an AI developed by OpenAI, a company of which he is precisely the co-founder. Although, yes, with a somewhat different mechanics. The South African tycoon has stated in an interview with foxnews (via The Verge) that intends to create something called TruthGPTsomething like an artificial intelligence “seeking the ultimate truth” and “trying to understand the nature of the universe.”
“I’m going to run something I call TruthGPT, or an AI that seeks the ultimate truth and tries to understand the nature of the universe.”, has highlighted Elon Musk. The objective, specifically, is to prevent the AI from being able to do without the human being, which is precisely one of the concerns of the tycoon and other industry experts. “I think this might be the best path to security in the sense that an AI that cares about understanding the universe is unlikely to kill humans because we are an interesting part of the universe,” he stresses.
Elon Musk has also been working for some time on the intention of creating an apparently safer alternative to ChatGPT. The executive, in fact, would have bought 10,000 units of graphics cards to make this possible, and has founded his own artificial intelligence company called X.AI. In February, moreover, he stated in a tweet that what we needed was “TruthGPT”.
Elon Musk fears that AI will end civilization
The CEO of Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX has also repeatedly shown his concern about the new AI models that have become so popular in recent months. In February, Elon Musk stated at a conference that AI is “one of the biggest risks to the future of civilization.”
Just a few weeks later, he signed an open letter along with other executives and experts where asked to pause the development of new AI models to create new protocols that guarantee security. The goal, of course, is to prevent artificial intelligence products like GPT-4 from being able to replace humans and thereby “take control of our civilization.”
Elon Musk too has been in favor of regulating AI. In particular, he suggested a supervisory board that works similar to how some regulate other industries that can be potentially dangerous to people, such as pharmaceuticals.
At the moment, there are no details about when TruthGPT will be released. We don’t even know if that will be the official name or what features this AI will include, but it will most likely be similar to Google’s ChatGPT or Bard.