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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: 0.339s | 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]▶
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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marcosdumay ◴[15 Sep 16 23:35 UTC] No.12510758[source]▶
I guess the entire cognitive dissonance com from this line:

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

Some people think "well, it's likely to happen within 100 years -> it's up to us to be prepared".

Other people think "well, it's unlikely to happen within 10 years -> it's not worth it to begin to prepare".

I don't even know if one of those is wrong!

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1. tim333 ◴[16 Sep 16 23:11 UTC] No.12518048[source]▶
Not a boy scout then. Always be prepared!