was very happy that there was such consensus at the meeting that more research was needed for keeping AI beneficial, I said, and that there were so many concrete research directions we could work on right away. But there had been talk of serious risks in this session, I added, so it would be nice to raise our spirits and get into an upbeat mood before heading out to the bar and the conference banquet that had been set up outside. “And I’m therefore giving the microphone to … Elon Musk!” I felt that history was in the making as Elon took the mic and announced that he would donate a large amount
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