In later correspondence, the group acknowledged that they could walk back their commitments to openness once the narrative had served its purpose and as the need arose, such as to avoid bad actors getting their hands on the technology. “As we get closer to building AI, it will make sense to start being less open,” Sutskever raised to the trio in January 2016, shortly after OpenAI launched. “The Open in openAI means that everyone should benefit from the fruits of AI after its [sic] built, but it’s totally OK to not share the science.” “Yup,” Musk responded.
