Why does Elon Musk distrust robots?

Science fiction could soon catch up with reality. For Elon Musk, artificial intelligence (AI) has a bright future ahead of it and would even allow us to enter an “era of abundance” that would even put an end to universal basic income, as he announced on Thursday, November 2, at a global summit on intelligence. artificial in the UK.

However, the businessman highlighted the importance of being careful with the use of “humanoid robots” employment, at the risk of completely erasing the man. According to him, in the future “it will not be necessary to work” and then it will not be possible to keep a job. only for your “personal satisfaction”.

“One of the future challenges is knowing how to find meaning in life“, he estimated. Elon Musk then compared artificial intelligence to a “magical genius.” However, he also recalled that Fairy tales don’t usually end well..

Elon Musk’s warning

According to the billionaire, “We should be very worried” about humanoid robots that “can follow you anywhere.” And “what if one day it gets a software update and it’s not so friendly anymore?” asked Elon Musk. The technology billionaire thus underlined The importance of having a physical switch..

If our society still doesn’t look like the movie I robot, The question of the place of robots in the daily life of humanity raises questions. more and more, like Elon Musk. Therefore, the two-day meeting in Bletchley ended on Thursday 2 November with the acceptance, by the Western governments and the companies involved, a new security testing regimein what is called the “frontier” of next-generation AI.

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