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Elon Musk: "We are Summoning the Demon"

posted by LaminatorX on Monday October 27 2014, @11:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the doctor-faustus dept.

jimbrooking writes:

Elon Musk was recently interviewed at an MIT Symposium. An audience asked his views on artificial intelligence (AI). Musk turned very serious, and urged extreme caution and national or international regulation to avoid "doing something stupid" he said.

"With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon", said Musk. "In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like, 'Yeah, he's sure he can control the demon.' Doesn't work out."

Read the story and see the full interview here.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 28 2014, @03:50PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 28 2014, @03:50PM (#110882) Journal

    Because it all presumes that an AI will somehow "escape" and become all powerful.

    Well, if the AI is a lot smarter than any of us, then that becomes a legitimate concern. We're not in an age where the power of intelligence ends at the tip of one's club.