Elon Musk, Sam Altman and the world's billionaires are terrified of the Google AI genius behind a 25-year-old computer game, because they think he might actually end up controlling god
Internal documents from the Musk vs Altman legal dispute reveal that Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is a significant figure of concern for industry leaders like Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Hassabis, a Nobel laureate in Chemistry for his AI work, is seen as a dominant force in AI, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledging Google's lead in machine learning due to DeepMind's progress. The documents also touch upon OpenAI's early goals, including developing a Dota 2 bot, and the intense competition and personal rivalries within the AI field.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Person: Ilya Sutskever
- Topic: Machine Learning
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence
- Company: Google DeepMind
- Person: Satya Nadella
- Game: Black & White
- Game: Evil Genius
- Person: Sam Altman
- Person: Elon Musk
- Company: OpenAI
- Person: Larry Page
- Game: Republic: The Revolution
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: Dota 2
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