Elon Musk Worries That Artificial Intelligence Will Lead To World War III

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bold claim on Twitter over the holiday weekend: Competition for artificial intelligence superiority will most likely lead to World War III.

Musk was responding to a story tweeted by The Verge about Russian President Vladimir Putin, who thinks that the nation with leading AI technology will be the ‘ruler of the world.’

“Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind. It comes with colossal opportunities, but also threats that are difficult to predict. Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said, according to RT.

TheSteve - 9/6/2017 10:59:47 AM

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I believe there is greater risk from real, human stupidity, than from artificial machine intelligence. The North Korean theater is heating up.

MDarringer - 9/8/2017 8:18:40 AM

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I think Elon's meth use is really starting to become apparent.

senft - 9/8/2017 5:29:04 AM

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Actually, why wait for WWIII? Financial scammers like Musk are already doing major harm to the economy now.

SanJoseDriver - 10/7/2017 7:54:03 PM

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He already has a separate AI company that is self funded. I wish you had the capacity to see more than two steps ahead.