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알트만 증언: 머스크, OpenAI를 자녀에게 세습하려 했다

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OpenAI CEO 샘 알트만은 일론 머스크와의 민사 재판에서 머스크가 조직의 절대적인 통제권을 요구하며 사후에 자신의 자녀에게 그 권한을 넘기려 했다고 증언했습니다. 알트만은 AGI(범용 인공지능)가 단 한 명의 개인에게 통제되어서는 안 된다는 창립 취지에 따라 이를 강하게 반대했으며, 머스크의 영입 및 장악 시도에 대한 경계심을 나타냈습니다.

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OpenAI CEO 샘 알트만은 화요일에 일론 머스크가 이끄는 AI 스타트업을 장악하기 위해 '절대적인 통제권'을 원했으며, 자신이 사망한 후 이를 자녀들에게 물려줄 수도 있다고 말했다고 증언했다.

머스크와의 고위험 법적 공방에서 배심원들에게 발언한 알트만은 머스크가 아직 OpenAI 운영을 돕고 있던 약 10년 전의 '특히 소름 돋는 순간'을 회상했다. 알트만에 따르면 AI 회사의 공동 창립자들이 머스크의 지배적 지분 요구에 대해 논의하던 중, 누군가 머스크에게 "당신이 통제권을 갖는다면, 돌아가신 후에는 어떻게 되나요?"라고 물었다.

알트만의 증언에 따르면 머스크는 "많이 생각해보지는 않았지만, 아마도 그 통제권을 제 자녀들에게 넘겨야 할 것 같습니다"라고 답했다. 알트만은 9명의 배심원들에게 자신이 그러한 계획에 대해 '편안하지 않았다'고 말했다.

CEO의 머스크에 대한 세습적 발언 회상은 캘리포니아주 오클랜드 연방 법정에서 계속된 지 3주 차인 머스크 대 알트만 재판에서 나왔다. 머스크는 그들의 파트너십이 AI 기업의 비영리적 기원에 대한 배신이라는 것을 증명하기 위해 OpenAI와 Microsoft를 법원에 기소했다.

화요일 증언에서 이 사건의 피고로 지정된 알트만은 이익과 권력을 열망하는 추구자로 머스크를 공격했다. 알트만은 배심원들에게 머스크가 "우리가 영리 기업을 설립하려 한다면, 그가 초기에 그것에 대한 총통제권을 가져야 한다고 매우 강하게 느꼈다"고 말했다.

"이것은 그가 자신만이 비자발적인(obvious하지 않은) 결정을 내릴 수 있다고 믿었기 때문이다"라고 알트만은 말했다. 그는 또한 머스크나 머스크의 전 비서실장으로부터 테슬라 CEO가 남은 경력 동안 "자신이 통제할 수 있는 회사에서만 일할 것"이라고 결정했다는 말을 들었다고 덧붙였다.

알트만은 한 사람이 OpenAI를 통제하는 것에 반대했다고 말했다. "우리가 OpenAI를 시작한 이유 중 하나는 AGI가 그들의 의도가 아무리 좋더라도 단 한 사람의 통제하에 있어서는 안 된다고 생각했기 때문입니다."라고 알트만은 말했다.

그는 배심원들에게 머스크가 "나중에 통제권을 포기하겠다"고 말했지만, 알트만은 이를 믿지 않았다고 전했다.

"저는 스타트업에 대한 꽤 많은 경험을 가지고 있었고, 많은 경영권 분쟁을 보아왔으며, 특히 회사가 잘 돌아갈 때 창립자나 통제권을 가진 사람들이 대개 그 권리를 포기하지 않는다는 것을 배웠습니다."라고 알트만은 증언하며, "그들은 이 통제권을 영원히 가질 수 있습니다."라고 설명했다.

알트만은 머스크의 로켓 회사인 SpaceX가 이러한 '창립자 통제형 기술 기업'의 한 예라고 말했다. OpenAI를 Tesla에 흡수하려는 머스크의 시도에 대해 묻자 알트만은 이를 일축했다. "Tesla는 자동차 회사입니다."라고 알트만은 말했다. "그리고 Tesla는 OpenAI의 미션을 가지고 있지 않습니다."

알트만의 증언은 2015년에 공동으로 설립한 기업에 관한 민사 재판에서 중요한 순간을 장식했다.

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