‘It will inherit your thoughts’: Musk tells SpaceX employees they’ll be Grok’s ‘parents’ as AI trains on company data
In an all-hands, the SpaceX CEO revealed he wants his employees to be the foundation for his AI agent’s knowledge. “It will be trained on you.”
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has asked employees to consider themselves as the "parents" of the company's AI system, Grok. During a recent all-hands meeting, Musk stated that the company plans to train Grok on the "sum total" of SpaceX's information, including employees' work and contributions. He emphasized that the employees, who are some of the world's best engineers, could significantly shape a more capable AI system.
While the specific categories of employee information involved have not been disclosed, Musk described the training process as the AI inheriting the thoughts and ideas of its creators. This approach echoes similar initiatives by other tech giants, such as Meta's Model Capability Initiative, which captured employee data to train its AI models.
However, while Meta received significant backlash, Musk appears more optimistic, projecting that AI revenue could surpass other SpaceX businesses as early as September. SpaceX is currently working towards reaching 10 gigawatts of AI computing capacity by the end of 2027, having already surpassed 1.4 gigawatts.
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