Elon Musk Predicts The Cause Of World War III
Elon Musk has a prediction about the cause of World War III, and it’s not President Donald Trump and may not even involve humans at all.
The head of Tesla and SpaceX on Monday shared a link on Twitter to a report about Russian President Vladimir Putin discussing artificial intelligence:
It begins … https://t.co/mbjw5hWC5J
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
“Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind,” Putin was quoted as saying. “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.”
Musk added:
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
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
By comparison, Musk said, the saber-rattling from North Korea wasn’t much to worry about.
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
One Twitter follower suggested that private companies, rather than governments, were far better at artificial intelligence.
Musk replied:
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
He also apologized for the glum tweets, saying he was depressing himself, and promised: “Fun, exciting tweets coming soon!”
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elon-musk-world-war-iii_us_59ae3d24e4b0354e440c02a6
