Elon Musk demands ‘actual reason’ behind Altman’s dismissal

OpenAI, company responsible for development of vanced LLMs such as ChatGPT 4, has recently announced termination of CEO Sam Altman. company, however, provided scant details, stating only that it "no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leing."

abrupt decision has sparked controversy and drawn global attention including Elon Musk. Musk, a former board member of OpenAI, took to social media to express his concerns. He underlined gravity of situation, asserting that given substantial risks associated with vanced AI, OpenAI owes public an explanation for drastic step taken by board.

"Given risk and power of vanced AI, public should be informed of why board felt y h to take such a drastic decision," Musk stated in response to a post by former Yammer CEO David Sacks.

Given risk and power of vanced AI, public should be informed of why board felt y h to take such drastic action

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

In his tweet, Elon Musk also asked a public clarification on reasons behind actions taken by OpenAI board. Musk believes that if it has anything to do with AI safety, world needs to know and all “ money in world won’t matter if AI goes wrong.”

Very important for public to know why board felt so strongly about ir actions.

If it was a matter of AI safety, that would affect all of Earth.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

Elon Musk, a former board member of OpenAI, left company in 2018, citing a conflict of interest with Tesla. Musk expressed concerns about OpenAI's potential societal impact in his later interactions with media and also his X.com handle. It should also be noted that Elon Musk is also on brink of launching Grok, first product of x.AI, his AI startup. 

Musk has also replied to a tweet refuting claims of OpenAI’s first mover vantage. 

Altman h been actively seeking funding to vance AI development, while some board members vocated for more substantial measures to dress potential threats, according to media reports.

Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder of OpenAI and a key figure in Altman's dismissal, took a cautious approach, understanding potential societal risks posed by AI. Sutskever initiated formation of a "Super Alignment" team within company, tasked with ensuring that future iterations of GPT-4. 

In his or recent tweet, Musk also stated that Sutskever does not seek power and must have a substantial reason behind taking decision to replace Sam Altman. 

This is scariest quote I’ve re in a long time. A long time. https://t.co/6yrR44NqFl

— DrKnowItAll (@DrKnowItAll16)

Musk is dressing ethical considerations and accountability in development and deployment of artificial intelligence. As one of most influential AI companies globally, OpenAI's actions and decisions are closely scrutinised, especially regarding potential societal impact of its technologies.