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Tencent Technology News, July 23, according to foreign media reports, on Monday, local time in the United States, at the Gigafactory in Texas, Tesla CEO Elon Musk accepted the famous psychological An exclusive interview with scientist Dr. Jordan B. Peterson.
In this interview, Musk talked about the latest research and development progress of his artificial intelligence startup xai chatbot, and also clearly revealed the release schedule of grok 2 and grok 3 products. In addition, Musk also rarely shared his personal experience, talking about being "cheated" into signing a document allowing his son Xavier to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
released grok 2 in August and grok 3
in December. Musk's xai has successfully developed the chat robot grok and is competing fiercely with products such as Google gemini and openai's chatgpt. It is worth noting that although openai was co-created by Musk and Sam Altman in the past, Musk withdrew in 2018 due to differences in their future visions. Later, when Musk acquired Twitter and renamed it X, he cleverly integrated grok into it, unlocking a cutting-edge artificial intelligence tool experience for advanced users.
During the interview, Musk expressed deep concern about the "pro-humanity" principle that is generally missing in the current field of artificial intelligence, and ambitiously set goals, hoping that his own artificial intelligence model can become "the most powerful in the world within the year" Artificial Intelligence Model”.
In addition, Musk also pointed out the left-leaning tendencies in competing products such as chatgpt and Google gemini, and he vowed to resolutely resist and counter the left-wing speech tendencies in such artificial intelligence tools. Musk told Peterson that in an exchange with former Google CEO Larry Page, he had confessed his growing concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence. Musk said that these in-depth exchanges not only contributed to his co-founding of openai with Ultraman, but also inspired his determination to eventually independently develop grok.
When talking about Page, Musk said: "He does regard me as a 'speciesist' because I am firmly on the side of humans, not machines. Page's view, if I understand it correctly, is prophetic We upload our minds to computers, and eventually everyone will become a robot."
Peterson fully agreed with this. He emphasized: "This is actually the same as the end of humankind, because no matter what our shape is at that time, we will no longer be the same. Here we are today."
Musk later said: "It is simply unbelievable to ignore the interests of mankind. If mankind is not willing to work together, then who will? This is the bottom line. New artificial intelligence companies are coming to compete with giants such as Google. "
Musk is not only full of confidence in the future of xai, but also set a more aggressive timetable. He revealed to Peterson: "Compared to those established companies that have been around for 5, 10 or 20 years, we still have a lot to do. Although we started late, we are catching up at an amazing speed. xai's It is developing faster than any other company.”
When asked to compare grok with chatgpt, Musk said frankly: “The currently released grok version is still based on the training results of grok 1. Although we have made optimizations and upgrades, we call it grok 1.5, but its base model is still an order of magnitude behind chatgpt in performance.”
Peterson then asked Musk about the competitiveness of the next generation artificial intelligence chatbot model. Musk revealed that the second version of grok has successfully completed training. Engineers are currently working on "checking for leaks and filling in gaps." Grok 2 is expected to be officially launched next month. Musk said: "The performance of grok 2 will be comparable to chatgpt's latest model, the two are very close."
Musk further added: "At the same time, at the Memphis data center, we are going all out to train grok 3. It is expected to be in The training phase will be completed in the next three to four months, followed by detailed fine-tuning and bug fixes. Our goal is to release grok 3 in December, by which time it is expected to become the world's top artificial intelligence model."
xai has made a significant breakthrough in strengthening grok. As early as May, news broke that the company was preparing to integrate multi-modal input functions into grok, aiming to allow users to upload images and get accurate text responses instantly.
7 At the beginning of the month, Musk revealed that grok 3 will rely on the powerful computing power of 100,000 Nvidia h100 chips for training. These chips, which are popular in Silicon Valley, have become an indispensable core force in supporting large language models with their excellent data processing capabilities. .
Was "tricked" into allowing his son to undergo gender reassignment surgery
In the interview, Musk rarely disclosed the fact that his son had a gender reassignment, and at the same time expressed his complicated emotions about it, admitting that he had been "tricked" into supporting his son's gender reassignment. Surgery decision.
When it comes to doctors performing sex reassignment surgeries on children, both Musk and Peterson strongly oppose it, calling it "extremely unethical." Musk is particularly critical of the "gender-affirming care" used by the left. The term, which he calls "a chilling cover-up," states bluntly: "This is essentially the physical mutilation and sterilization of children and is pure evil. The victims are those children who are far below the legal age.
He added: “Adults may exploit identity confusion to manipulate children who are truly in crisis into thinking they belong to another gender. "
When Peterson asked why he mentioned this, Musk talked about his son Xavier. He revealed that Xavier had suffered from gender dysphoria and always thought he was a girl, while he It was under the combination of incomplete information, confusion caused by the epidemic and fear that the child might commit suicide that he was "induced" to sign the relevant documents.
Peterson responded: "This was a fallacy from the beginning, and no one was responsible. Clinicians will agree with this concept. There is a lack of conclusive evidence to support this, and if suicide rates are on the rise, the root cause is underlying depression and anxiety rather than gender identity concerns. Every wise clinician knows this, but too often they are too timid to remain silent. "
Musk fully agreed with this. He pointed out: "This is simply an appalling evil act! Those who promote such acts should be severely punished by law! "He continued: "I am one of the victims and was misled into participating in this decision. No one explained to me that so-called puberty blockers were actually equivalent to sterilization drugs. I basically lost a son because of it. They call it deadnaming for a reason. It's called deadnaming because your son is dead. My son Xavier is dead, succumbed to the awakened mind virus. "
Peterson said: "I am very sad to hear this news. I can't imagine how painful it is. "Musk later said: "Because of this, I vow to eradicate the 'awakened thinking virus'. Fortunately, we are gradually making progress.
In Walter Isaacson's biography, Musk spoke publicly for the first time last year about his 16-year-old son Xavier's gender transition, detailing how Xavier initially revealed it to Musk's brother via text message. decision, and specifically requested that the information not reach his father's ears, although Musk was relatively open to the change at first, unfortunately, this period of time ended when Xavier chose to cut off contact due to his father's change of stance. The parent-child relationship was cast into a shadow.
This incident deeply touched Musk. He subsequently launched a fierce criticism of California’s policy on gender reassignment surgery and drug treatment for minors, and blamed his son’s ideological change on the Los Angeles school he attended at the time. environment. In particular, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the AB1955 bill, which prohibits school staff from informing parents of changes in their children’s gender identities, a move that directly angered Musk and became the basis for his announcement that he would bring X and SpaceX headquarters to The trigger for moving out of California (Compiled by Golden Deer)
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