Elon Musk Unveils How He Expects to Approach Artificial Intelligence
The CEO of SpaceX, Twitter, Tesla, as well as the founder of The Boring Company , and Neuralink, says he wants to do something to serve humanity. Elon Musk has been concerned that artificial intelligence may have the propensity to turn against mankind. He said the best way to avoid the problem is to make artificial intelligence curious. “I’m going to start something which I call ‘TruthGPT’ or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe,” Musk said in an interview with Tucker Carlson. The billionaire thinks that an AI that cares about understanding the universe is “unlikely to annihilate humans” as we’re an “interesting part of the universe, hopefully.” During the discussion, he emphasized the project will differ from competitors, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, by caring about understanding the universe.
This ambitious new goal of Musk’s was introduced with few details about the project, so it remains unclear how, exactly a machine becomes curious. He did repeat that he considers AI dangerous if mismanaged, with a “potential for civilizational destruction.” In fact, he called for some level of government oversight over AI projects. Musk isn’t new to the technology; he is actually one of the co-founders of OpenAI, the company that has been making headlines with its AI chatbot named ChatGPT.
The new technology would likely compete with AI efforts by Sam Altman-led OpenAI, which as mentioned was initially funded by Musk, Google’s DeepMind, and other AI initiatives around the world.
Regulating A.I.
Musk told Carlson he envisions a regulatory agency that “initially seeks insight into AI, then solicits opinion from industry, and then has proposed rule-making,” something like the Federal Aviation Administration and how it interacts with aviation and aerospace companies. Once agency and industry-accepted rules in place, “I think we’ll have a better chance of advanced AI being beneficial to humanity,” Musk said. Musk signed a letter calling for a pause on advanced AI research because he is part of a group of signers that believe it can potentially harm society.
“Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks, and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth?” the letter stated.
Part two of the interview is scheduled to air at 8 PM ET April 18 on Fox News.
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