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Elon Musk

Elon Musk a cofondé OpenAI, qualifié l’IA de plus grande menace existentielle pour l’humanité en 2014 et signé la lettre de pause de 2023, puis fondé xAI, aujourd’hui intégrée à SpaceX ; il estime à environ 80 % la probabilité d’une issue favorable.

Fonctions

  1. déc. 2015 – 2018Co-founder and Co-chair, OpenAILeft the board in 2018; has since sued OpenAI over its restructuring.Source →
  2. mars 2023 – aujourd’huiFounder, xAIIncorporated March 2023 and announced publicly on 12 July 2023; merged with X Corp in March 2025.Source →
  3. 2 févr. 2026 – aujourd’huiChief Executive Officer, SpaceXSpaceX acquired xAI in February 2026; he remains CEO of the combined company.Source →

Au registre

  1. 23 juil. 2026 · Entretien · The Economist

    It would be an exercise in vanity for me to think that I would be controlling supergenius AI.

    Chief Executive Officer, SpaceX à l’époque

    Interview with editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, reported by Business Insider; he said the risk was "not zero" and chose to "look on the bright side".

    Elon Musk says it's worth the risk of killer AI because 'abundance for all' is more likely →

  2. 28 févr. 2025 · Podcast · The Joe Rogan Experience

    The probability of a good outcome is like 80%

    Founder, xAI à l’époque

    Business Insider's report; the "20% chance of annihilation" in the headline is the outlet's framing of the complement.

    Elon Musk says there's 'only a 20% chance of annihilation' with AI →

  3. 22 mars 2023 · Lettre ouverte · Future of Life Institute

    Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

    Founder, xAI à l’époque

    Musk's signature was confirmed by TIME (https://time.com/6266679/musk-ai-open-letter/); he announced xAI four months later.

    Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter →

  4. 24 oct. 2014 · Discours · MIT AeroAstro Centennial Symposium

    If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that. … With artificial intelligence we're summoning the demon.

    First reported by The Washington Post on 24 October 2014; he also called for "some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level."

    Elon Musk Compares Building Artificial Intelligence To "Summoning The Demon" →