Elon Musk thinks AI will cause the third world war
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Folks, we’re all screwed.
Ever wondered if there would ever be another world war, and what will cause it?
Worry no more, as CEO of everything Elon Musk has the answer: artificial intelligence.
More precisely, “competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3,” he tweeted Monday.
China, Russia, soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
It gets darker from there. In a subsequent tweet, Musk said that the war may not be initiated by the country leaders, but one of their AIs, which he apparently thinks will at one point become important enough to be able to make such decisions and act on them.
May be initiated not by the country leaders, but one of the AI’s, if it decides that a prepemptive strike is most probable path to victory
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
His comments come shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country that leads in AI will be the “ruler of the world.”
As for governments being slow and incapable of creating true innovation — a point raised by one Twitter user — Musk claims it doesn’t matter, as governments can obtain advanced AI by force.
Govts don’t need to follow normal laws. They will obtain AI developed by companies at gunpoint, if necessary.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
In the discussion, Musk also gave some thoughts on North Korea’s latest nuclear experiments. He claims that North Korea would never launch a nuclear missile as that would be “suicide for their leadership.” The country’s not a huge threat, he opined, as it has “no entangling alliances” that would “polarize world into war.”
NK launching a nuclear missile would be suicide for their leadership, as SK, US and China wd invade and end the regime immediately
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
Should be low on our list of concerns for civilizational existential risk. NK has no entangling alliances that wd polarize world into war.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
Musk’s obsession with the dangers of artificial intelligence is well documented. The entrepreneur, which has a significant business interest in AI through Neuralink, OpenAI, and Tesla, called for regulation of AI on several occasions. In July, he called AI “the greatest risk we face as a civilization;” in July, he had a mini-feud with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who in his opinion has a “limited understanding” of AI, and in August, he and a number of other experts in the field asked the UN to ban killer robots.
But World War 3? As one Twitter user pointed out, it’s too early in the day for this discussion.
Read more: http://mashable.com/2017/09/04/elon-musk-ai-world-war-3/