There are people who argue that after the horrible events of the 20th century, the time has come to stop pretending that science could be an "objective" universal pursuit of truth and accept that it's results can at any point in time become an instrument of power and thus subject to forces that pursue benefits for less than all of humanity.
I have not read much more than TFA but both points of view, Musk's and LeCun's seem to be missing this perspective completely. In a philosophy of science, it seems hardly enough to describe how a group of people is to pursue knowledge. It also matters what then happens with that knowledge.<p>It is often assumed that publishing would somehow automatically ensure access and the option of benefiting from that knowledge, however there are many examples where this is not so.