The world has had its fair share of experience with authoritarianism. The one good thing about it though is that you know it has to end when the man (or woman) in power dies.
Well, unless you¡¯re talking about North Korea¡¯s oppressive cultural brainwashing that keeps the entire dynasty in power.
But Elon Musk fears there may be one kind of dictator we¡¯d never be able to rid ourselves of, and that¡¯s artificial intelligence. In a new documentary titled ¡®Do You Trust This Computer?¡¯, the Tesla CEO says unregulated AI could give us ¡°an immortal dictator from which we would never escape.¡±
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The documentary is the work of filmmaker Chris Paine, who met Musk while shooting for a another movie in 2006 titled ¡®Who Killed The Electric Car?¡¯ This time around, he looks at the endless potential artificial intelligence holds for the human race, as well as the perils it could bring if left unchecked.
The topic is something Musk has been incredibly vocal about, cautioning that AI could start World War III, and could even be ¡°the greatest risk we face as a civilization.¡±
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In ¡®Do You Trust This Computer?¡¯ Musk uses his trademark hyperbole hypotheticals to present a terrifying possibility, one where an AI builds an authoritarian government to keep in check the comparably incapable human race and ends up outlasting, leaders, parties, and perhaps even democracy itself. These kinds of possibilities are why Musk has been petitioning the US to regulate AI research.
¡°It's a very important subject,¡± he told the audience at the film¡¯s premiere on Thursday. ¡°It¡¯s going to affect our lives in ways we can't even imagine right now.¡±?
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