Reply says OpenAI was founded to beat Demis Hassabis to AGI
zetalyrae · x · 2026-07-27
The reply says OpenAI was founded because Elon Musk and Sam Altman believed Demis Hassabis would build AGI first.
- The post frames OpenAI’s origin as a race to avoid another company—or person—becoming the first AGI system operator.
- In context, it is part of a broader discussion about AGI centralization and who controls it.
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