Anyone who has followed the news can't help but wonder if there’s really something we should be worried about concerning North Korea’s nuclear power as well as US Pres. Donald Trump's unhinged responses.
However, according to the CEO and founder of SpaceX and Tesla, we are being anxious and worried about the wrong things as World War III would likely be started by Artificial Intelligence.
Elon Musk said that the problem we are currently facing with North Korea must be low on the list of our concerns for existential risk.
"In my opinion, the competition for superiority on AI at the national level will most likely be the cause of WW3," tweeted Musk.
There’s more:
The business magnate highlighted the story where Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country who'll lead in AI will be the one that will rule the entire world. Putin hinted that the new arms race may be on the verge of starting.
In 2015, Apple's co-founder, Steve Wozniak, and Elon Musk were joined by Stephen Hawking in calling for the ban of offensive autonomous weapons or robot killing machines.
Aside from Hawking, thousands of his colleagues signed a document that was presented during the opening of 2015's Artificial Intelligence International Joint Conference, which was held in Argentina.
The document suggested that robot killing machines, which are similar to the drones that are being used today, may drive the third warfare revolution.
You may be wondering:
Could machines really evolve into God-like super brains that will completely wipe out our human race?
According to Stephen Hawking, this is definitely a possibility. He warned the crowd at The Leverhulme Centre that AI would be the biggest happening in our civilization's history. However, it may also be the end if we don't know how to avoid the risks that come with it.
Professor Hawking said that AI has the potential to lead a powerful weapon that can think for itself. This is similar to the robot assassin in ‘The Terminator” movie.
As of the moment, India, China, and the United States are the countries that are leading the AI race, as reported by a top tech industry CEO.
What could happen?
Musk believes that everyone else will try to gain a piece of the pie by any means. In a tweet, he said that governments do not need to follow any normal law. They will obtain artificial intelligence that has been developed by a company at gunpoint if they deem it necessary.
Musk also speculated that an AI system will choose to start WWIII if it concludes that a preemptive strike will lead to the path of victory. The tech guru repeatedly issued warnings on the perils that come with AI.
He also called for new regulation in order to keep the entire world safe.
In the process, Tesla's CEO clashed with the fellow tech billionaire and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg thinks that Musk’s doomsday rhetoric is pretty irresponsible. In response, Musk called Zuckerberg’s understanding regarding this issue as limited.
