Reid Hoffman sits in the lobby of LinkedIn's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020.
Reid Hoffman said Elon Musk has an "it's only great if I do it" business mentality.
  • LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman told CNBC the call for an AI slow down is a "mistaken effort."
  • Hoffman said some people are issuing the warning in order to catch up with the technology.
  • He said Elon Musk has an "it's only great if I do it" mentality when it comes to ChatGPT.

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman called Elon Musk and other tech executives' call to slow down AI advances a "mistaken effort" during an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday.