Musk calls AI “one of the biggest threats” to mankind

Musk calls AI “one of the biggest threats” to mankind and needs to guide it in a direction that is beneficial to mankind.

Elon Musk expressed at the first Artificial Intelligence Security Summit held in the UK that he hopes to establish a “third-party referee” that can supervise what leading AI companies are doing, at least as long as they exist. Send an alert when you have concerns.

Musk said that artificial intelligence is a “double-edged sword” and pointed out that in his opinion, this technology has at least an 80% chance of benefiting humans and a 20% chance of causing danger.

He emphasized that artificial intelligence is one of the “biggest threats” to mankind. This is the first time in human history that something much smarter than us has appeared. It is not clear whether such a thing (AI) can be controlled, “but I think we can Determined to guide its development in a direction beneficial to mankind.”

“I’m not sure what the rules of fairness are, but you have to start with insight before you have oversight,” Musk said.

Image source PexelsThe United Kingdom yesterday issued a declaration jointly signed by 28 countries, including China, the United States, and the European Union, the “Bletchley Declaration.” For details, please refer to IT House’s previous report.

This is the world’s first international statement on the field of AI, which aims to focus on concerns about the existential threat to humanity posed by powerful artificial intelligence models in the future, as well as concerns about the current enhancement of harmful or biased information by artificial intelligence.

At this summit, China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology Wu Zhaohui led a delegation to attend the summit, participate in discussions on artificial intelligence security and other issues, actively promote the “Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative” proposed by China, and will conduct bilateral talks with relevant countries. The initiative systematically elaborates on China’s plan for AI governance around three aspects: AI development, security, and governance.

To put it simply, 28 countries around the world agreed that artificial intelligence will pose potential risks to humanity, and finally reached this declaration, which focuses on focusing on the risks associated with artificial intelligence, establishing a scientific understanding of these risks, and formulating transnational policies. to mitigate or avoid these risks.

Musk said he thinks there’s a lot of concern in the field of artificial intelligence that governments will rush to write rules before they figure out what to do, but that doesn’t appear to be the case now.