Opening arguments began on Tuesday in the case of Musk v. Altman, the Tesla CEO's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI for, in the attorney's words, "preying on Musk’s humanitarian concern about the existential dangers posed by artificial intelligence" in what is "a textbook tale of altruism versus greed." Musk is the good guy in this framing, of course, though based on Monday's jury selection process I have a feeling that Musk's lawyers may struggle to make that case.
"Elon Musk is a greedy, racist, homophobic piece of garbage," said one prospective juror, as quoted by The Verge reporter Elizabeth Lopatto from the San Francisco courthouse Monday.
Another was less harsh: they merely called Musk "a world-class jerk."
After the jury voir dire process was halfway through, Lopatto reported that out of the first 20 prospective jurors, five had such negative feelings about Elon that they said as much, though only one of them said they disliked him so much they couldn't be fair were they to serve on the jury—surely one of the easiest jury outs of all time.
"Elon Musk’s lawyer tried to get some jurors throw...
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