AGI Is the Elephant in the Musk v. OpenAI Courtroom
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Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI are set today to deliver closing arguments in their trial, which centers on Musk’s allegations that OpenAI breached a charitable trust, in part by violating its charitable mission. The two sides disagree on almost everything in the case, but one phrase is likely to be mentioned in both speeches: artificial general intelligence. AGI has been both ever-present in the trial and has eluded direct discussion. The concept of human-level AI is embedded in OpenAI’s mission - to ensure AGI benefits humanity - placing it at the heart of Musk’s claims in the case.