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Great Acton quotes

Elon Musk to Sam Altman, November 14, 2015

Musk sends Altman two quotations attributed to Lord Acton, about a week before the OpenAI structure discussion; Altman replies that the second is one of his favorites.

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From
Elon Musk
Sent
Saturday, November 14, 2015 5:19 PM
To
Sam Altman
Subject
Great Acton quotes
“Liberty consists in the division of power. Absolutism, in concentration of power.” And "There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men"
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  1. May 25, 2015 Elon Musk Probably worth a conversation
  2. May 25, 2015 Sam Altman Been thinking a lot about whether it's possible to stop humanity from developing AI. I think the answer is…
  3. Jun 24, 2015 Sam Altman The mission would be to create the first general AI and use it for individual empowerment—ie, the distributed…
  4. Jun 24, 2015 Elon Musk Agree on all
  5. Nov 14, 2015 Elon Musk “Liberty consists in the division of power. Absolutism, in concentration of power.” And "There is no error so…