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I have seen no evidence that Elon Musk is a sociopath. I prefer to base such decisions on logic and evidence. You have not provided evidence that he is a sociopath. So what "informational balance" are you providing exactly?

Sam Altman asked Elon Musk to cofound OpenAI as a non-profit entity, and fund it with tens of millions of dollars, with the understanding that the research will be open to the public (hence "Open" AI). After taking tens of millions of dollars from Musk, Sam Altman then turned around and sold out to Microsoft, and effectively changed OpenAI to a for-profit entity which only serves to financially benefit Microsoft shareholders and Sam Altman himself.

Elon Musk is now requesting that OpenAI disclose GPT-4 and their subsequent models inner workings to the public, for the benefit of humanity, in accordance with the OpenAI mission statement. How does this make Elon Musk a sociopath? Please explain.

> Musk is also a narcissist and you can't be one without also being a sociopath.

This is unscientific drivel. According to the DSM, Narcissism and Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) are separate disorders within the Cluster B group. A person can have one or the other, or both.

What exact criteria did you use to diagnose Musk with Narcissism and APD?

I can't say that Sam Altman truly has APD, but he certainly matches this criteria from my perspective:

"deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure"

I believe what he did with OpenAI is a blatant and obvious con job, for his own personal gain.



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