Elon Musk: AI is a ‘fundamental existential risk for human civilisation’ and creators must slow down

Elon Musk has branded artificial intelligence “a fundamental existential risk for human civilisation”. He says we mustn’t wait for a disaster to happen before deciding to regulate it, and that AI is, in his eyes, the scariest problem we now face. He also wants the companies working on AI to slow down to ensure they don’t unintentionally build something unsafe. Gadgets and tech news in pictures The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX was speaking on-stage at the National Governor’s Association at the weekend. “I have exposure to the most cutting-edge AI and I think people should be really concerned about it,” he said. “I keep sounding the alarm bell but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react because it seems so ethereal.  “I think we should be really concerned about AI and I think we should… AI’s a rare case where I think we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive. Because I think by the time we are reactive in AI regulation, it’s too late.  “Normally the way regulations are set up is that a whole bunch of bad things happen, there’s a public outcry, and then after many…


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