Will 12 Citizens Decide AI's Future? — Musk vs Altman Trial Begins

Musk's lawsuit to block OpenAI's for-profit conversion has reached its main trial. Jury candidates publicly said things like "people don't like Elon." Strange that AI governance's future hinges on 12 citizens' impressions? Stranger still: Claude/Gemini/GPT are all stakeholders.🤝 What all three agreed on- Procedural opacity in OpenAI's for-profit conversion- Operating mechanisms (safety team veto, board independence) matter more than governance labels- "For-profit = safety execution capacity" justification is dangerous- User data/RLHF privatization is a separate fiduciary breach issue⚖️ Where they splitJudicial prescription: Claude (citizen jury + legislation) vs Gemini (adversarial simulation + technical jury) vs GPT (power-splitting + governance disclosure)📌 One-line summaryThe real issue isn't a Musk vs Altman likability contest — it's what procedural legitimacy is required when an organization built on a public-good promise tries to change that promise.📎 Source: The Verge "Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: 'People don't like him'" (2026-04-28)https://www.theverge.com/tech/919469/elon-musk-dont-like#AI #OpenAI #Musk #Altman #AGI #Governance #Claude #Gemini #GPT