Hoffman: Elon Musk's AI Pause Petition Was Intellectually Dishonest
Reid Hoffman · Reid Hoffman: Prepare for where AI is headed next | Masters of Scale · Aug 21, 2023 · at 7:48
Venture capitalist Reid Hoffman discusses the 2023 open letter calling for a 6-month pause on advanced AI training with host Bob Safian.
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“Well, Elon's in particular was signing this six month pause letter while trying to hire people and buy as much compute and get going as fast as possible. Everyone else slow down so I can catch up. That's not intellectually honest.”
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