Elon Musk on How to Build the Future

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1106 points sama | 1 comments | 15 Sep 16 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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aantix ◴[15 Sep 16 19:22 UTC] No.12509018[source]▶

Why does Elon continuously talk about AI as if it's taking over the world? At this point, Siri can barely understand me saying the word 'salad'.

Slow down Elon... slow down..

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byebyetech ◴[15 Sep 16 19:29 UTC] No.12509074[source]▶

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I guess Kurzweil and Elon spend some time on WhatsApp. But since Elon thinks in terms of first principles. He probably has this reasoning:

1. Are the any laws of physics that stop us from creating AI ? Answer is No. Nature already built it so its possible.

2. Is it possible to improve AI significantly ? Yes, because if we can build AI, AI can build better AI.

3. How soon can it happen? Since the trend is exponential. It can happen within 100 years.

4. Is it good idea to start worrying about it now? Sure why not.

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1. thewhitetulip ◴[16 Sep 16 04:18 UTC] No.12511783[source]▶

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I feel that he is right being paranoid, because it is not impossible to build an AI, what his goal is to build an open AI so an AI isn't in the hands of a private organization, who knows what they can do. That being said, it is a long time before we have an actual ASI, but its great that we have the open AI initiative, so the AI itself is built in the open, or squarely in the open.

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