Sam Altman said he’s totally not worried about Elon Musk vindictively abusing his power to punish his enemies and line his own pockets
Triple Dog Dare
It’s safe to say that Elon Musk, by backing Donald Trump and weaseling his way into the president-elect’s inner circle — and in effect his administration — has catapulted himself to the uppermost echelon of power, where he could use his influence to punish his enemies.
But Musk’s arch nemesis Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, sounds like he’s not too worried about that happening, at least nominally. Instead, he appealed to Musk’s better nature.
“It would be profoundly un-American to use political power to the degree that Elon has it to hurt your competitors and advantage your own businesses”, Altman said Wednesday at The New York Time DealBook Summit.
“I don’t think people would tolerate that”, he added. “I don’t think Elon would do it.
