Two days ago, Elon Musk (Elon Musk) announced that the prosecution of OpenAI caused a lot of noise, and now OpenAI has chosen to respond positively! On March 5, local time, OpenAI's official website issued a long article in response to Musk's prosecution.。

In the announcement, co-authored by OpenAI's core figures, OpenAI said: "We intend to dismiss all of Elon's claims.。"

Last week, Musk formally filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court against OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, and its president, Greg Brockman, among others.。

According to the indictment, Musk believes that OpenAI and its personnel are contrary to the company's original intention to develop artificial intelligence only for commercial interests rather than the common welfare of mankind, and that it has committed misconduct such as breach of contract, breach of trust obligations and unfair business practices.。Musk also asked for a court injunction barring the defendants, as well as Microsoft, from profiting from the company's General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) technology, and for the company to return to open source.。

About the nature of profit

In a rebuttal, OpenAI wrote in the announcement: "In early 2017, we realized that building AGI would require a lot of computation.。We start to calculate how much computation might be needed for AGI。We all know that we need more money to succeed in our mission - billions of dollars a year, which is far more than any of us, especially Elon, think we can raise as a nonprofit.。"

In the view of OpenAI executives, research and development of AGI is too expensive, and they are forced to embark on a commercial path.。"We and Elon recognize the need for a for-profit entity to access these resources.。"

And just as OpenAI began to discuss finding a "for-profit entity," Musk suggested that OpenAI could be incorporated into Tesla, or he could take full control of OpenAI.。

"At the end of 2017, we and Elon decided that our next task was to create a for-profit entity.。Elon wants majority ownership, initial board control and to become CEO。Halfway through these discussions, he declined to provide funding。But Musk's idea was rejected by everyone.。

According to the email evidence provided by OpenAI, it can be seen that Musk forwarded an email to OpenAI in early February 2018, suggesting that OpenAI attach to Tesla and use it as a cash cow。"Tesla is the only road that promises to rival Google."。Even then, the odds of becoming a counterweight to Google are slim。But it is not (probability is) zero。"

Musk quickly chose to leave OpenAI because he believes the probability of OpenAI's success is zero, and he plans to build an AGI competitor inside Tesla.。When he left in February 2018, though, he told OpenAI's team that he supported OpenAI in finding its own path to raise billions of dollars.。In December, Musk said in an email: "Even raising hundreds of millions of dollars is not enough.。It requires billions of dollars a year, or else forget it.。"

About Open Source

In the announcement, OpenAI said: "We are using our technology extensively in many ways to empower people and improve their daily lives, including through open source contributions.。"

OpenAI said Musk actually understands that this mission does not mean open source AGI。

According to information released by OpenAI, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever mentioned in an email to Musk in 2016: "As we get closer to building artificial intelligence, it makes sense to start opening up less.。OpenAI's openness means that everyone should benefit from the results of AI after it is built, but it is perfectly possible not to share the technology... "To this, Musk replied:" Yes "。

OpenAI believes that Musk actually understands that research AI requires a lot of money, and he also agrees not to fully open OpenAI out, but now in turn accuses OpenAI of violating the original intention, which not only makes everyone feel "backstabbing."。

"We regret that someone we greatly admire has come this far - someone who inspired us to set higher goals, then told us we would fail, created a competitor, and then sued us when we started making meaningful progress toward OpenAI's mission without him."。"

OpenAI added: "We are focused on advancing our mission and have a long way to go.。As we continue to improve our tools, we are excited to deploy these systems so that they can help everyone。"

For OpenAI this time "positive hard," Musk has not responded.。Perhaps as Musk's case against OpenAI advances, we will also see more "inside stories" from both sides.。