Artificial Intelligence Predicted to Wipe Out Humanity
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He even claimed at the time that some of his colleagues might welcome the extinction of the species by AI, viewing them as our natural offspring.Â
Another point of view is that keeping this form of 'superintelligence' under human control is 'like an enslaved dog'.
"But you might worry that we humans aren't smart enough to handle that much power," he said in the TED talk.Â
Aside from the moral qualms one might have about enslaving a superior mind, we should be more concerned about the possibility that superintelligence could outsmart us.
CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk is one of the most prominent names and faces in tech development and is very outspoken when it comes to the power of Artificial Intelligence
In March, Musk and 1,000 other tech leaders called for a pause on the 'dangerous race' to develop AI, which they fear poses 'great risks to society and humanity' and could have 'catastrophic' effects.