I am building an artificial intelligence to save humanity

Amidst the hype caused by the unexpected entry into the world of social media for the Meta Thread platform, Elon Musk (owner of Twitter) has put aside his exasperation and anxiety about the emergence of his new competitor and has set out to realize his new technological vision.

After electric cars, spaceships, communications fleets, underground highways, brain implants and, of course, Twitter, the American billionaire will deal with the development of artificial intelligence technologies.

Elon Musk founded xAI for which he has hired former employees of companies such as Open AI (ChatGPT), Google and Microsoft as well as CEOs from Twitter and Tesla.

Musk explained the reason for its creation and, as usual, what he said is interesting in terms of the way he formulates his opinions and their content. Musk claims his own company will move in a different direction from the rest and develop a pro-human persona artificial intelligence as described.

He fears a Terminator-like future

Musk participated in hundreds of experts and tech industry executives signing a letter calling for a six-month freeze on the development of AI technologies until a globally agreed framework is in place to set safety rules for the development and use of artificial technology. intelligence..

“From an AI security point of view, very weird AI, AI trying to make sense of the universe, I think it would be for the good of humanity. If I could stop the development of AI or digital superintelligence in general I would. But that doesn’t seem like a realistic solution anymore So with xAI we hope to create AI that works well,” says Musk, who has expressed concern about the emergence of a post-apocalyptic future similar to the cinematic “Terminator” where AI takes over and begins the annihilation of humanity.

Shield against uncontrollable machines

Musk claims that the AI ​​that xAI will develop will be a kind of counterweight, adversary, or shield against uncontrolled AI technology that is dangerous to humans.

The key to developing AI that is safe for humans is not in trying to develop such technologies by trying to program in ethical rules and values, but in creating AI systems that are curious to learn all about humanity on their own.

Everyone will be waiting with interest to see what kind of AI technologies the new company will develop and whether it really moves in the direction Musk says he wants, or whether xAI developers will follow traditional, commercially viable paths.

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