From Terminator to Ex Machina, machines overthrowing their human creators are a staple of science fiction.
But the rise of robots could be closer than you think, as Elon Musk warns that AI will surpass humanity’s capabilities by the end of next year.
In an interview on X, the Tesla CEO claimed that AI would become smarter than the smartest human being within two years.
And within five years, Musk even predicts that “sentient” AIs will outnumber humans.
However, humanity might have a chance, as Musk also claims that shortages of advanced chips and electricity could slow AI development.
Elon Musk has warned that the rise of AI could be closer than we thought, as AI could surpass human intelligence before the end of next year.
Movies like Ex Machina (pictured) have often imagined what could happen when AI surpasses humanity’s capabilities.
Speaking yesterday to Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Musk said AI was “the fastest-advancing technology of any kind.”
Musk said: “I think we will have AI that will be smarter than any human being probably by the end of next year.”
“I think the total amount of, sort of, intelligent computing AI will probably exceed that of all humans in five years.”
Their claims are based on the observation that an exponential amount of computing power is allocated to AI projects each year.
“AI is the fastest advancing technology I’ve seen of any kind, and I’ve seen a lot of technology,” Musk said.
“AI hardware and computers coming online dedicated to AI are increasing 10-fold every year, if not every 6 to 9 months.”
The rapid growth in computing power, or “computing,” has been seen by some as a sign that the development of AI will be equally rapid.
In the interview, Musk claimed that a “politically correct” AI could decide to kill people of a certain race or gender to impose its views, a scenario eerily reminiscent of some killer robot movies like Terminator (pictured).
During the interview, Musk weighed in on Google’s Gemini AI, which has been embroiled in scandal after refusing to generate images of white people.
Musk said: “It is very important to train AI to be as truthful as possible. I think very dangerous things can be achieved when you program an AI to be politically correct.”
He added that while the initial effects of “politically correct” AI may seem benign, the ultimate consequences could be dire.
“If an AI has that much power, it can actually enforce diversity and decide that there are too many of the same type of people or too many of the same sex and kill enough people until the diversity number is what it is programmed to believe. is correct,” he said. saying.
Musk also said he believed Google would not remove political bias from its AI, but that this would become “less obvious and more subtle.”
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Musk has consistently stated that the advancement of AI is much faster than others might think.
He has also been vocal about the potential dangers of the technology, repeatedly warning that advanced AIs could be “one of the biggest threats to humanity.”
Despite his concerns, Musk has been one of the key figures in the development of modern AI.
He was a co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, but has since sued the company for failing to develop the technology for the benefit of humanity.
OpenAI denies these claims and insists that Musk “told us we would fail, created a competitor, and then sued us when we started making significant progress toward OpenAI’s mission without him.”
Musk is also developing his own generative artificial intelligence system, Grok AI.
In the interview, he stated that Grok 1.5 would be finished in May and would be better than ChatGPT-4.
However, it also suggested that the development of its AI and others could be slowed by a shortage of advanced chips produced mainly by Nvidia.
Although he says those shortages are now easing, the price and supply of electricity could pose another problem.
Musk said: “Last year [AI] was limited by chips… people couldn’t get enough Nvidia chips. This year it is transitioning to a voltage transformer supply. In a year or two [the constraint is] Electricity supply only.’