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xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at https://x.ai/. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation.

“The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe,” according to the website. The team is headed up by Elon Musk and includes team members that have worked at other big names in AI, including OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, and DeepMind (which was recently folded into Google).

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[–] QHC 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's hilarious to me that Elon insisted on having a headshot and being mentioned first in the team description. Everyone knows he isn't doing anything of value, but he has to appear as if he's writing the code himself because his tiny ego can't tolerate "just" being the money guy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't you heard? He personally designed rockets, satellites, and electric car batteries and he also mined his own emeralds.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I heard he also hand builds every Tesla. Crazy he has time to do that while meticulously crafting every starlink satellite and raptor engine from scratch!

[–] TwoGems 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon Musk: "No! You can scrape Twitter data for AI research!"

Also Elon Musk: "I'm gonna start scraping Internet data for my AI research"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also musk: "I'm gonna sue you for creating threads with engineers that previously worked at Twitter"

Also also musk: "We have previously worked at DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, Tesla, and the University of Toronto. Collectively we contributed some of the most widely used methods in the field" (from their website)

[–] axh 8 points 1 year ago

Also musk: AI is dangerous OpenAI and Google should stop developing it until the legislation is ready

[–] Candelestine 27 points 1 year ago

read: make in-house chatbots for use on Twitter.

[–] breadsmasher 22 points 1 year ago

Guess he’s now bored of running twitter into the ground

[–] danhasnolife 18 points 1 year ago

I would be absolutely shocked if this wasn't just smoke and mirrors marketing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, I thought Musk wanted all AI development to stop for a while until regulations were put in place?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Random thought: What if Musk did that in an attempt to slow down competition whilst planning this company?

[–] Sylver 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

what a genius

[–] m13 3 points 1 year ago

Just like he did with Hyperloop to destroy high speed rail and sell more cars.

[–] oleorun 6 points 1 year ago

"Do as I say, not as I do." - Musk and like every billionaire ever.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh boy, can’t wait for the new racist, antisemitic, transphobic, far right fascist AI to emerge from this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can't wait till it leaks and gets made to write horny stories like the Facebook one did.

[–] tombombadill 6 points 1 year ago

So he found time after all the printed code reviews, just amazing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Lol fucking clown

[–] LazaroFilm 3 points 1 year ago

Awww he named it after his son… how sweet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What was the deal between openAI and Musk? I always tough it was his company, but then it wasn't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He used to be a donor and a board member

In 2018, Musk resigned his board seat, citing "a potential future conflict [of interest]" with his role as CEO of Tesla due to Tesla's AI development for self-driving cars. Sam Altman claims that Musk believed OpenAI had fallen behind other players like Google and Musk proposed instead to take over OpenAI himself, which the board rejected. Musk subsequently left OpenAI but claimed to remain a donor, yet made no donations after his departure.

[–] ElectroNeutrino 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Musk: "Gimme company!"

Board: "No."

Musk: "Fine! I'm leaving!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"I'll totally still give you money though"

[–] breadsmasher 7 points 1 year ago

It was never his company

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] trachemys 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Given the fuss he made about OpenAI being closed source (a case of broken clocks), it will be interesting to see if this is open source (doubt)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

MElon is so full of shit.