Elon Musk says AI is potentially ‘most pressing’ existential risk to humans

Artificial intelligence is potentially the "most pressing" existential risk to humans, Elon Musk has said.Source: PA

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00:10 >> I think AI is one of the biggest threats.

00:14 So, I mean, we are for the first time, we have a situation

00:21 where there's something that is going to be far smarter

00:24 than the smartest human.

00:26 So, you know, we're not stronger or faster than other creatures,

00:31 but we are more intelligent.

00:32 And here we are for the first time, really, in human history

00:38 with something that's going to be far more intelligent than us.

00:42 So, it's not clear to me we can actually control such a thing,

00:46 but I think we can aspire to guide it

00:50 in a direction that's beneficial to humanity.

00:52 But I do think it's one of the existential risks that we face,

00:57 and it's potentially the most pressing one.

01:00 If you look at the time scale and the rate of advancement,

01:02 it's, I think it's, the summit is timely,

01:05 and I applaud the Prime Minister for holding it.