The tech gods are battling it out in the rarefied altitudes of the fabricated brain-game giving Zeus a run for his money in the hubris stakes.
The bitter rivalry between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI heads to trial in California. The case will feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of the AI boom. Musk alleges that Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, broke the company’s founding agreement by restructuring the company and converting much of it to a for-profit enterprise. Altman and OpenAI counter that Musk is essentially a sore loser.
The case also carries sizable stakes for OpenAI, which is expected to go public later this year at about a $1tn valuation.
Altman, 22 April 1985 5am Chicago, Illinois, is an ultra-determined Sun Taurus (trine Neptune) opposition Pluto; with an even more rigorous, hard-ass Mars Moon in Taurus opposition Saturn in Scorpio. Birth time being accurate, he has his Solar Arc Midheaven squaring his Mars opposition Saturn now and in 2027 which hints at a considerable setback.
Musk, 28 June 1971 7.30 am Pretoria, South Africa, however does not look like racing off to wave the victor’s wreath, Tr Uranus will rattle his Neptune opposition Saturn from now into 2027 for jolts, jangles and panics; in 2027 as well tr Neptune moves to an undermining square to his Cancer Sun; with a grind-to-a-halt and spit-teeth frustration in late 2027/28 as his Solar Arc Pluto squares his Mars.
Elsewhere Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir has issued a manifesto championing US military dominance and of AI weapons, implying some cultures are inferior to others, described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain.’ The post exhorted the US to reinstate a military draft, saying that “free and democratic societies” need “hard power” in order to prevail. It also predicted a future dominated by autonomous weapons.
This is the latest pronouncement from Karp, which appear to indicate he views himself as not simply the head of a software company, but a pundit with important insights into the future of civilisation. In an interview with CNBC in early March, he suggested that AI would “disrupt” the power of “highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly Democrat”, and instead empower “vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters”.
It led to criticism from several MPs, who said that it raised yet more questions about the UK’s contracts with the company, including a £330m contract with the NHS, and deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.
“Palantir’s manifesto, which embraces AI state surveillance of citizens along with national service in the USA, is either a parody of a RoboCop film, or a disturbing narcissistic rant from an arrogant organisation,” said Martin Wrigley, a Liberal Democrat MP who is a member of the commons science and technology select committee.
Karp, 2 October 1967 New York, has a Libra Sun opposition Saturn in Aries with the innovative Uranus Pluto (Moon) conjunction in Virgo square Mars – again super-determined and ruthless. Plus a flamboyant Jupiter in Leo in a high-finance, over-optimistic square to Neptune. The ground will turn swampy under his feet from 2028 onwards with tr Neptune conjunct his Saturn and opposition his Sun with a devastating/confused 2029 as his SA Pluto is conjunct his Neptune.
Along the same timeline, Palantir, 6 May 2003, looks jammed up in 2028 with tr Pluto square its Mars, moving through an opposition to its Jupiter and then a conjunction with its Neptune in 2031/32 – that looks like an over confident push which may not end well.
Elon Musk just hates Sam Altman, this legal battle is not really about Open AI being made a profit based company. Yes, he is one of the founders of Open AI, and he left because of conflict of interest. The problem has to do with his own AI company Grok, which is having problems all over the world. His models are not properly trained, they are discriminating, other one was undressing people, and so many issues. Grok is under investigation in some countries, there is a likelihood of it being banned in some countries. Now he hates seeing Open AI’s success, because his own Grok is monetized to, but it is not doing well.
Whatever the outcome of this legal battle, AI boom won’t be affected, I still see AI accelerating and becoming powerful in the coming years, especially with Uranus having just moved into Gemini and it will form a trine with Pluto in Aquarius. The only problem I am seeing with Open AI is that it might lose some of it’s customers because of it’s association with Pentagon, and Sam Altman friendship with Trump. Anthropic and other players will dominate and grow even further.
I hope that after we are done with Trump and his ilk, the democrats in Congress focus on busting up some of these tech companies. This happened before in the early 1900s, when anger against the “robber barons” caused Congress to take action. The robber barons were a few wealthy men who controlled everything from steel to railroads and ruthlessly stopped any competition using their wealth and influence, thus ensuring they lived in luxury while their workers had to work in deplorable conditions. Eventually Congress held hearings and “busted” the monopolies, ensuring that these gigantic companies had to break down to smaller companies.
We did it with coal, steel, and railroads. I think it’s finally time for the media, social media, and tech companies receive the same treatment.
Did it stop the robber barons? No. They still lived in luxury. But their monopoly on power was broken. Laws were passed that encouraged fairer competition and better working conditions.
I think we need to take this step against people like Musk. Take away his power and allow his competition a more equal playing field. Maybe this is why none of these billionaires look particularly happy in the upcoming years.