Elon Musk Says AI Must Be 'Pro-Human,' Is Alarmed by Technological Developments

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jul 24, 2024
Faithwire.com

"If humans are not going to be on team human, who is? That was the final straw. I was like, 'We really need some new AI company so there's a counter-balance to Google.'" -Elon Musk

[Faithwire.com] Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk—a fixture in the world of technological advancement—said during a recent interview he is alarmed by the lack of "pro-human" principles in the development of artificial intelligence. (Image: Pexels)

Musk, one of the original architects of the nearly ubiquitous AI platform ChatGPT, told The Daily Wire's Jordan Peterson he left the company in 2018 over irreconcilable differences with his fellow cofounders and their vision for the platform's future.

The South African-born entrepreneur's concerns about the technology were only bolstered by a conversation he had with former Google CEO Larry Page. That dialogue, he recalled, led Musk to grow "increasingly concerned" about AI's advancements. Those worries led him to help establish ChatGPT before ultimately creating his own AI platform, Grok.

Musk told Peterson that Page called him "a speciesist."

"I'm a speciesist in favor of humans instead of machines," he said. "Larry's view is—if I'm not misspeaking—that we will all upload our minds to the computer and everyone will just be robots."

Peterson, for his part, warned there's "not much difference" between what Musk said of Page's presumed beliefs and "the death of humanity"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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