Elon Musk on how his actions unintentionally accelerated AI:

“I guess the only thing we can try to do is minimize the probability of a bad outcome. For the longest time, I declined to participate in AI. I created OpenAI essentially as a counterweight to Google because, at the time, they were more or less a monopoly on AI. Then Anthropic spun out of OpenAI. If anything, it seems like my actions have really accelerated AI. I wasn’t aiming to accelerate AI, but creating OpenAI, and then having Anthropic spin out of it, resulted in knock-on effects that accelerated AI, which wasn’t really my intention. It just seems like all roads lead to the acceleration of AI. So then I’m like, okay, you can either be sad about it or join the club.”