| Title | Elon Musk scared of Artificial Intelligence - Again | |
| Date | Friday November 21 2014, @08:53PM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
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| from the fear-and-loathing-in-theoretical-conciousness dept. | ||
As an investor in DeepMind, Elon Musk has come forward as seriously concerned about the potential for runaway artificial intelligence. The Washington Post writes:
“The risk of something seriously dangerous happening is in the five year timeframe,” Musk wrote in a comment since deleted from the Web site Edge.org, but confirmed to Re/Code by his representatives. “10 years at most.”
The very future of Earth, Musk said, was at risk.
“The leading AI companies have taken great steps to ensure safety,” he wrote. “The recognize the danger, but believe that they can shape and control the digital superintelligences and prevent bad ones from escaping into the Internet. That remains to be seen.”
Musk seemed to sense that these comments might seem a little weird coming from a Fortune 1000 chief executive officer.
“This is not a case of crying wolf about something I don’t understand,” he wrote. “I am not alone in thinking we should be worried.”
With all the talk of the Singularity and Roko's Basilisk, it's no surprise. The article also has a good timeline of Musk's previous criticisms of and concerns about artificial intelligence.
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