There are many things that are allegedly going to go and ruin the world within a set amount of time.
The biggest one right now is either climate change (yes, it's real, deal with it),
or war via the growing divide between people in certain parts of the world like the United States.
But the one that just about everyone agrees is coming in some measure in the future...is
Artificial Intelligence. Because this is what will cause the robot revolution that won't be
able to be stopped by anyone...save for John Conner...and maybe Elon Musk. Allow us to show you
Elon Musk's LAST WARNING on the Danger of AI! 5. Elon On AI...and How He's Combating It
For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned people about the dangers of AI-powered robots,
even predicting “scary outcomes” like in “The Terminator.” Now, he seems to be taking matters
into his own hands before humanity is overrun. The electric vehicle company will develop a
humanoid robot prototype dubbed the “Tesla Bot,” Musk announced at Tesla’s Artificial
Intelligence (AI) Day. According to Musk, the prototype will be completed sometime in 2022,
though the billionaire entrepreneur is known for blowing past his own publicly
stated deadlines ⁠on large, flashy projects. The billionaire tech entrepreneur earlier
called AI more dangerous than nuclear warheads and said there needs to be a
regulatory body overseeing the development of super intelligence, speaking at the South
by Southwest tech conference in Austin, Texas. Some have called his tough talk fear-mongering.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Musk’s doomsday AI scenarios are unnecessary and “pretty
irresponsible.” And Harvard professor Steven Pinker also recently criticized Musk’s tactics.
Musk, however, is resolute, calling those who push against his warnings “fools” at SXSW.
“The biggest issue I see with so-called AI experts is that they think they know more than they do,
and they think they are smarter than they actually are,”
said Musk. “This tends to plague smart people. They define themselves by their intelligence and
they don’t like the idea that a machine could be way smarter than them, so they discount
the idea — which is fundamentally flawed.” Based on his knowledge of machine intelligence
and its developments, Musk believes there is reason to be worried.
“I am really quite close, I am very close, to the cutting edge in AI
and it scares the hell out of me,” said Musk. “It’s capable of vastly more than almost anyone
knows and the rate of improvement is exponential.” Musk pointed to machine intelligence playing the
ancient Chinese strategy game Go to demonstrate rapid growth in AI’s capabilities. For example,
London-based company, DeepMind, which was acquired by Google in 2014, developed an artificial
intelligence system, AlphaGo Zero, that learned to play Go without any human intervention. It learned
simply from randomized play against itself. 4. A.I. Versus Life
Musk worries AI’s development will outpace our ability to manage it in a safe way.
“So the rate of improvement is really dramatic. We have to figure out some way to ensure
that the advent of digital super intelligence is one which is symbiotic with humanity.
I think that is the single biggest existential crisis that we face and the most pressing one.”
To do this, Musk recommended the development of artificial intelligence be regulated.
“I am not normally an advocate of regulation and oversight — I think one should generally
err on the side of minimizing those things — but this is a case where you have a very
serious danger to the public,” said Musk. “It needs to be a public body that has insight
and then oversight to confirm that everyone is developing AI safely. This is extremely important.
I think the danger of AI is much greater than the danger of nuclear warheads by a lot
and nobody would suggest that we allow anyone to build nuclear warheads if they want.
That would be insane,” he said at SXSW. “And mark my words, AI is far more dangerous
than nukes. Far. So why do we have no regulatory oversight? This is insane.”
Musk called for regulatory oversight of artificial intelligence in July too,
speaking to the National Governors Association. “AI is a rare case where I think we need to be
proactive in regulation than be reactive.” This likely is why he's making
his own robot. Because that way he can personally control how smart it will be,
and won't be, and thus can ensure that he isn't the creator of Skynet...but that someone else is.
Or he'll make his own army of robots that only answer to him and he'll take
over the world himself to "save it". With Elon Musk...you really can't tell what he'll do next.
3. Analysis of AI In his analysis of the dangers of AI, Musk
differentiates between case-specific applications of machine intelligence like self-driving cars
and general machine intelligence, which he has described previously as having “an open-ended
utility function” and having a “million times more compute power” than case-specific AI.
“I am not really all that worried about the short term stuff. Narrow AI is not a species-level risk.
It will result in dislocation, in lost jobs,and better weaponry and that kind of thing, but it
is not a fundamental species level risk, whereas digital super intelligence is,” explained Musk.
“So it is really all about laying the groundwork to make sure that if humanity collectively decides
that creating digital super intelligence is the right move, then we should do so very
very carefully — very very carefully. This is the most important thing that we could possibly do.”
Still, Musk is in the business of artificial intelligence with his venture Neuralink,
a company working to create a way to connect the brain with machine intelligence.
Musk hopes “that we are able to achieve a symbiosis” with artificial intelligence:
“We do want a close coupling between collective human intelligence and digital intelligence,
and Neuralink is trying to help in that regard by trying creating a high bandwidth interface
between AI and the human brain,” he said. 2. Is AI Taking Over Honestly A Possibility?
While it's easy to write off Elon Musk's words as something that this "eccentric loon" would do,
you can't deny that AI is something that many people have talked about over the years.
And Musk is hardly the first person to go and deal with the prospect
of something like Skynet taking over. For example, the late great Stephen Hawkins was
someone who believed that artificial intelligence was something that needed to be carefully watched.
And that guy was a supergenius with one of the biggest IQs in the history of the world!
Anyway, the sad truth is that now more than ever...Skynet coming to haunt our future
is a very real thing. And for reasons that should be very obvious...AI
is already out there in our world. We're already using it for various things, and there are plenty
of people who are trying to make it bigger, make it better, and make it something they can use to
make themselves more powerful in certain senses. Never forget that the original goal of Skynet in
the original Terminator films was to go and help the human military control their nuclear weapons,
and then when they realized that the AI was too powerful and tried to shut it down...the AI
realized that humans were the real problem. ...the irony.
Granted, we're not saying that the military will be the cause of our version of Skynet,
but the fact remains that there are plenty of technological firms and companies out there
trying to go and improve artificial intelligence as a whole so that life can "get better". But the
problem is that if they push that intelligence a bit too far...we'll end up with Skynet controlling
everything, and we'll be screwed. 1. Should We Listen To Elon?
That's not an easy thing to say, because WE can all listen to Elon...but it doesn't mean those
that are making these AI are going to listen to him. Especially if (like others named earlier)
they think that Elon is just trying to stir up trouble or
make people fear what they don't understand. There are simple ways though to ensure that
something like Skynet doesn't happen, and Elon outlined them. We have to monitor these AI models
closely and make sure they don't get too big for what they are and what they're supposed to be.
We need to make sure we only use AI for certain things and never give them too much power. And
most importantly of all, they need to be something that works in service to us, and is not something
we rely upon for a certain thing. Because if they have the ability to think and use their own powers
to hinder us...that's the beginning of Skynet. And as a Terminator once said,
"Judgment Day Is Inevitable". So what do you think? What do you think of this
look at the AI revolution that may happen and how Elon Musk plans to stop it in his own way? Do you
think Elon going and handling things like he is will help stem the tide against Skynet being born?
Or do you believe that people are overselling what is going to happen with AI as they get smarter?
Let us know in the comments below, and we'll see you next time on the channel!