I’m mildly surprised that Elon Musk hasn’t signed, given that he did sign the FLI 6-month pause open letter and has been vocal about being worried about AI x-risk for years.
Probably the simplest explanation for this is that the organizers of this statement haven’t been able to reach him, or he just hasn’t had time yet (although he should have heard about it by now?).
Yea, that could be the case, although I assume having Elon Musk sign could have generated 2x the publicity. Most news outlets seem to jump on everything he does.
Not sure what the tradeoff between attention and controversy is for such a statement.
Most news outlets seem to jump on everything he does.
That’s where my thoughts went, maybe he and/or CAIS thought that the statement would have a higher impact if reporting focuses on other signatories. That Musk thinks AI is an x-risk seems fairly public knowledge anyways, so there’s no big gain here.
I’m mildly surprised that Elon Musk hasn’t signed, given that he did sign the FLI 6-month pause open letter and has been vocal about being worried about AI x-risk for years.
Probably the simplest explanation for this is that the organizers of this statement haven’t been able to reach him, or he just hasn’t had time yet (although he should have heard about it by now?).
I reckon there’s a pretty good chance he didn’t sign because he wasn’t asked, because he’s a controversial figure.
Yea, that could be the case, although I assume having Elon Musk sign could have generated 2x the publicity. Most news outlets seem to jump on everything he does.
Not sure what the tradeoff between attention and controversy is for such a statement.
That’s where my thoughts went, maybe he and/or CAIS thought that the statement would have a higher impact if reporting focuses on other signatories. That Musk thinks AI is an x-risk seems fairly public knowledge anyways, so there’s no big gain here.