> However, we felt his proposal was not compatible with the mission, saying: “The current structure provides you with a path where you end up with unilateral absolute control over the AGI. You stated that you don't want to control the final AGI, but during this negotiation, you've shown to us that absolute control is extremely important to you.” As we told Elon, “The goal of OpenAI is to make the future good and to avoid an AGI dictatorship.”
> We concluded, “Thus we are concerned that as the company makes genuine progress towards AGI, you will choose to retain your absolute control of the company despite current intent to the contrary.”
> Elon replied, “Discussions are over” and “To be clear, this is not an ultimatum to accept what was discussed before. That is no longer on the table.”
> However, we felt his proposal was not compatible with the mission, saying: “The current structure provides you with a path where you end up with unilateral absolute control over the AGI. You stated that you don't want to control the final AGI, but during this negotiation, you've shown to us that absolute control is extremely important to you.” As we told Elon, “The goal of OpenAI is to make the future good and to avoid an AGI dictatorship.”
> We concluded, “Thus we are concerned that as the company makes genuine progress towards AGI, you will choose to retain your absolute control of the company despite current intent to the contrary.”
> Elon replied, “Discussions are over” and “To be clear, this is not an ultimatum to accept what was discussed before. That is no longer on the table.”