What Should Elon Musk’s Truth-Seeking, Philanthropist AI Believe?

In a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-develop-truthgpt-warns-civilizational-destruction-ai" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">recent interview</a> with Fox News’s Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk announced his plans to develop a chatbot called TruthGPT. According to Musk, this chatbot will be “a maximum truth-seeking AI” that aims to understand the nature of the universe. In Musk’s view, developing an AI that cares about understanding the universe, which makes it a de facto scientist, is a path to safety, as it’s unlikely to harm humans since we are an interesting part of the universe. With this project, Musk hopes to create a third option to OpenAI and Google and “create more good than harm.” The idea of creating an AI scientist that values humanity as an integral part of the universe is undeniably intriguing. However, we must acknowledge that even scientists responsible for creating nuclear weapons, such as Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Edward Teller, were driven by the pursuit of knowledge and discovery rather than philanthropy. This raises the question: does the desire for scientific knowledge necessarily lead to a concern for humanity? To instill a philanthropic perspective toward humanity in an AI scientist, we must delve into religious and philosophical perspectives. <a href="https://cplu.medium.com/what-should-elon-musks-truth-seeking-philanthropist-ai-believe-3ea391746c75">Read More</a>