Hayden Field
In naming OpenAI, Elon Musk worried anything related to the Turing Test could mean bad PR.
In November 2015, Sam Altman suggested something Turing-related as the name of the company that would become OpenAI, referencing the famous mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing. Musk responded, “Something Turing-related that doesn’t sound too ominous might be good. Want to avoid the Turing Test association though, as that sounds too much like we are replacing humans.”
Musk v. Altman Exhibit 12
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