LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman takes another dig at Elon Musk for proposing a pause on AI development

• Reid Hoffman took a dig at Elon Musk over his stance on AI in a Milken Institute talk this week.
• Musk has signed a letter backing an AI development pause, but also wants to make a ChatGPT rival.
• Hoffman said, “Elon, while signing that letter, is trying to hire a whole team and stand up an AI effort.”

Elon Musk has some incongruous views on AI development, and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman pointed that out in a recent talk.

In a discussion at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference 2023 on Tuesday, Hoffman expressed his disagreement with an open letter — which was signed by Musk and thousands of others. It called for a six-month pause on developing AI systems stronger than GPT-4 until “we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable.”