Musk v. Altman: Stuart Russell, Elon Musk's only AI expert witness, warned of AI risks, but the judge limited his testimony about AI's existential threats
i have no opinion on this guy or his work and also 200 grand for effectively saying “ai is gonna kill us all” makes me feel like i made some bad life choices in my studies
Stuart Russell, a computer scientist at UC Berkeley, takes the stand to testify, direct-examine by Elon Musk's lawyer Steven Molo. He says that the current AI race has a “winner take all” dynamic, in which “whichever company develops AGI first (AI that matches or exceeds human
wrote about the larger dilemma presented by Professor Stuart Russell's testimony at the Musk vs. Altman trial this morning: techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/e...