“Musk is concerned about the possible misuse of this technology and I am
too but I am more convinced by the overwhelming benefit of AI,” said former
Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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| Pepper, a humanoid robot manufactured by SoftBank Robotics, is pictured at the SoftBank Robotics exhibition stand during the VivaTech trade fair (Viva Technology), on May 25, 2018 in Paris.(AFP |
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes Elon Musk is wrong about
the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on human beings. Speaking at
“VivaTech” conference in Paris on Friday, Schmidt said that the AI can help
humans become smarter and bring about positive changes.
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon
Musk has been pretty vocal about his views about the AI. Musk in the past has
said that the AI is bad for humanity and can even tigger world war III.
“I think Elon is exactly
wrong” about AI, Schmidt said. “Musk is concerned about the possible misuse of
this technology and I am too but I am more convinced by the overwhelming
benefit of AI.”
“AI will make people smarter
and this will be a net gain,” said Schmidt who is currently a board member of
Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
Earlier, during the same
event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg - who has been in verbal spat with Musk
over AI for long -- expressed optimism about the possibilities of AI.
“I think that AI is going to
unlock a huge amount of positive things, whether that’s helping to identify and
cure diseases, to help cars drive more safely, to help keep our communities
safe,” he was quoted as saying.
Mush recently warned that if
not regulated or controlled soon, AI will become an “immortal dictator” and
there will be no escape for humans. “At least when there’s an evil dictator,
that human is going to die. But for an AI there would be no death. It would
live forever, and then you’d have an immortal dictator, from which we could
never escape,” he said in a new documentary titled “Do You Trust This
Computer?”
Musk has always been a critic
of AI and asked for stiff regulations to curb the technology. In a recent
tweet, Musk said that people should be more concerned with AI than the risk
posed by North Korea.
“If you’re not concerned
about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea,” Musk
tweeted.
Musk has also quit the board
of OpenAI, a non-profit AI research company he co-founded that aims to promote
and develop friendly AI that benefits the humanity. In a recent public spat
with Zuckerberg, Musk said: “I’ve talked to Mark about this (AI). His understanding
of the subject is limited”.
Zuckerberg replied: “I think
people who are naysayers and try to drum up these doomsday scenarios -- I just,
I don’t understand it. It’s really negative and in some ways I actually think
it is pretty irresponsible
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