Billionaire hoping to colonise Mars says AI is greater
threat than North Korea
BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk has claimed that people should be
more worried about Artificial Intelligence (AI) than the threat posed by North
Korea.
By CHARLIE BAYLISS PUBLISHED: 04:19, Sat, Aug 12, 2017 |
UPDATED: 14:54, Sat, Aug 12, 2017
The SpaceX founder, who is hoping to become the first man
to establish a human colony on Mars, said humans should be “vastly” more
concerned about robots taking over the world.
Mr Musk’s tweets come after Trump and Kim Jong-un
continue to ratchet up fears of World War 3 with their foreboding rhetoric. The
US President has threatened to unleash “fire and fury” upon Pyongyang, while
the hermit kingdom has promised to strike the US-territory of Guam by
mid-August.
Despite escalating world tensions, Mr Musk dismissed the
imminent threat and tweeted: “If you're not concerned about AI safety, you
should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea.”
In his tweet, he included a image of a framed picture of
a worried-looking woman, with the bold, capped up words reading “IN THE END THE
MACHINES WILL WIN”.
The Tesla CEO tweeted again, adding: “Nobody likes being
regulated, but everything (cars, planes, food, drugs, etc) that's a danger to
the public is regulated. AI should be too."
Mr Musk’s remarks have been met with strong criticism on
social media.
In the past, Mr Musk has called for “proactive”
regulation against AI, previously claiming that the bulk of humanity does not
realise the threat posed by robots until they start “going down the street
killing people”.
His stark warning was seemingly triggered by a computer
beating a human in a professional computer game contest.
The 46-year-old South African ranted: "OpenAI first
ever to defeat world's best players in competitive eSports. Vastly more complex
than traditional board games like chess & Go.
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