Tech mogul, Tesla CEO and owner of X app, as well as several other innovative companies, Elon Musk has had his attention caught by a letter about OpenAI that he had just received.

作为科技大亨、特斯拉首席执行官、X app 所有者以及其他几家创新公司的埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 刚刚收到的一封有关 OpenAI 的信引起了他的注意。

Musk did not mention who exactly the sender of this letter was but he stated that he believes this case is “worth investigating”. The link shared by Musk shows the “404 error”, however, screenshots of the letter were shared by a commentator under Musk’s tweet.

马斯克没有提及这封信的具体发件人是谁，但他表示，他认为此案“值得调查”。马斯克分享的链接显示了“404错误”，不过，马斯克的推文下有评论员分享了这封信的截图。

This letter about OpenAI was just sent to me. These seem like concerns worth investigating.https://t.co/hnAepyfLE6

这封关于 OpenAI 的信刚刚寄给我。这些似乎值得调查。https://t.co/hnAepyfLE6

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2023

— 埃隆·马斯克 (@elonmusk) 2023 年 11 月 21 日

Elon Musk shares OpenAI former employees’ letter

埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 分享 OpenAI 前员工的信

The screenshots of the letter from “Concerned Former OpenAI Employees”. The authors of the letter who preferred to stay anonymous, claimed that a large amount of the company’s staffers were pushed out in 2018, when OpenAI transitioned to the “for-profit” model from a “non-profit” one.

“关心的 OpenAI 前员工”信件截图。这封信的作者不愿透露姓名，他们声称，2018年OpenAI从“非营利”模式转向“营利”模式时，公司大量员工被解雇。

The letter was addressed to the board of directors of OpenAI, calling for them to investigate these actions of the former CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman. At present, both have left OpenAI but negotiations are underway with the board for them to come back.

这封信是写给 OpenAI 董事会的，呼吁他们调查前首席执行官 Sam Altman 和总裁 Greg Brockman 的这些行为。目前，两人均已离开 OpenAI，但正在与董事会进行谈判以让他们回归。

Sharing these because the link now gives a 404 - thanks @pitdesi for them! pic.twitter.com/82hgVqPgrf

分享这些是因为链接现在给出了 404 - 感谢@pitdesi！ pic.twitter.com/82hgVqPgrf

— Ajay Juneja (@ajayjuneja) November 22, 2023

- Ajay Juneja (@ajayjuneja) 2023 年 11 月 22 日

The letter particularly claims that the attrition of OpenAI staff during the aforementioned transition period for a new operational model was 50% 0 between January 2018 and July 2020; they gave this as a proof of the company ousting a lot of employees and terminating contracts with them.

信中特别声称，2018年1月至2020年7月期间，OpenAI在上述新运营模式过渡期间的员工流失率为50%0；他们将此作为公司解雇大量员工并终止与他们的合同的证据。

The letter also claims that the “concerned former employees” witnessed “a disturbing pattern of deceit and manipulation by Sam Altman and Greg Brockman driven by their insatiable pursuit of achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).” “Their methods, however, raised serious doubts about their true intentions and the extent to which they generally prioritize the benefit of all humanity,” the letter further states.

信中还声称，“有关前员工”目睹了“山姆·奥尔特曼和格雷格·布罗克曼对实现通用人工智能（AGI）的永不满足的追求所驱动的令人不安的欺骗和操纵模式。” “然而，他们的方法让人严重怀疑他们的真实意图以及他们普遍优先考虑全人类利益的程度，”信中进一步指出。

Elon Musk gets a mention

埃隆·马斯克获得提及

Those employees, who dared to raise their concerns while seeing this, were silenced ot pushed out, the authors of the letter openly state. And this constant and systematic silencing created an atmosphere of “fear and intimidation, effectively stifling any meaningful discussion about the ethical implications of OpenAI’s work”.

这封信的作者公开表示，那些看到这一情况而敢于提出担忧的员工被噤声，甚至被赶了出去。这种持续、系统的沉默营造了一种“恐惧和恐吓的氛围，有效地扼杀了任何有关 OpenAI 工作的道德影响的有意义的讨论”。

Another quote here and here’s where Elon Musk mentioned: “Sam’s discreet, yet routine exploitation of OpenAI’s non-profit resources to advance his personal goals, particularly motivated by his grudge against Elon following their falling out.”

这里和这里的另一句话是埃隆·马斯克提到的：“山姆谨慎而例行地利用 OpenAI 的非营利资源来推进他的个人目标，尤其是在他们闹翻后他对埃隆的怨恨。”

Musk contributed a substantial amount of funds as a cofouder of OpenAI in 2015 when it was still a non-profit but then the Tesla CEO left since he did not like the idea of OpenAI plans to begin working for profit. Later, Microsoft picked interest in OpenAI and invested in it heavily several times.

2015 年，马斯克作为 OpenAI 的联合创始人贡献了大量资金，当时 OpenAI 还是一家非营利组织，但后来这位特斯拉首席执行官离开了，因为他不喜欢 OpenAI 计划开始盈利的想法。后来，微软对OpenAI产生了兴趣，并多次对其进行了大量投资。

Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus left a comment under Musk’s tweet, supporting his suggestion of having this case investigated, adding that “that gist was very unconvincing”, stating that he did not quite trust the contents of the anonymous letter.

狗狗币联合创始人比利·马库斯在马斯克的推文下发表评论，支持他调查此案的建议，并补充说“这个要点非常缺乏说服力”，并表示他不太相信这封匿名信的内容。

there should be an investigation but if i’m being honest, that gist was very unconvincing

应该进行调查，但说实话，这个要点非常没有说服力

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) November 21, 2023

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) 2023 年 11 月 21 日

Other members of the crypto community also supported Musk, stating that AI in general must be supervised.

加密社区的其他成员也支持马斯克，表示人工智能总体上必须受到监督。