Can Elon Musk’s TruthGPT define and protect the truth?
Can Elon Musk’s ChatGPT solve a problem of truth?
Elon Musk is taking a challenge as old as humanity: how to define and protect the truth? Philosophers, theologians, and humans have sought truth for thousands of years. Musk will try to solve this eternal question with a new AI platform called Truth GPT.
“I’m going to start something which I call TruthGPT,” Musk said, “or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.”
Musk starts a new endeavour in parallel with his call to pause global AI developments for six months. He and thousands of scientists who signed the ‘AI pause’ letter argue that the current AI race can trigger existential risks for humanity. Some argue that his call for ‘AI pause’ buys time to recuperate and create a system that can compete with Microsoft, Google, and other companies that lead AI development.
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