Elan Musk Says A.I. Poses Bigger Danger Than N. Korea As many in the United States and abroad are watching as tensions grow with North Korea, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk issued a warning about artificial intelligence.
“If you’re not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea,” Musk tweeted Friday, referencing Kim Jong Un’s threat of a missile strike on Guam.
The tweet also included a photo that reads, “In the end the machines will win.”
Musk also warned that artificial intelligence should be regulated the same way anything that could pose a danger to the public is.
This is not the first time Musk has warned people about AI.
Just last month, he called it a “fundamental existential risk for human civilization,” prompting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to publicly disagree.
But Musk isn’t alone. Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking have also issued warnings regarding AI.
Nobody likes being regulated, but everything (cars, planes, food, drugs, etc) that’s a danger to the public is regulated. AI should be too.
By CHARLIE BAYLISSThe SpaceX founder, who is hoping to become the first man to establish a human colony on Mars, said humans should be “vastly” more concerned about robots taking over the world.
Mr Musk’s tweets come after Trump and Kim Jong-un continue to ratchet up fears of World War 3 with their foreboding rhetoric. The US President has threatened to unleash “fire and fury” upon Pyongyang, while the hermit kingdom has promised to strike the US-territory of Guam by mid-August.
Despite escalating world tensions, Mr Musk dismissed the imminent threat and tweeted: “If you’re not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea.”
In his tweet, he included a image of a framed picture of a worried-looking woman, with the bold, capped up words reading “IN THE END THE MACHINES WILL WIN”.
In the past, Mr Musk has called for “proactive” regulation against AI, previously claiming that the bulk of humanity does not realise the threat posed by robots until they start “going down the street killing people”.
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