Musk: Artificial intelligence is a huge threat and we need to guide and control it

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed his hope to establish a “third-party referee” to supervise companies developing AI.

On November 1, local time, the world’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security Summit opened in the UK. Musk said at the summit, “Our real goal here is to establish an insight framework so that there will be at least a third party. A referee, an independent referee, can observe what leading AI companies are doing and at least sound the alarm when they have concerns."

Before the government takes regulatory action, Musk pointed out that they need to understand the development of artificial intelligence first. "I don't know what the fair rules are, but before regulation, you have to have insight. I think many people are interested in artificial intelligence." There is a concern across the board that the government will write rules prematurely before it knows what to do. I think that is unlikely to happen."

Musk called artificial intelligence a "double-edged sword" and pointed out that in his opinion, this technology has at least an 80% chance of benefiting humans and a 20% chance of causing danger. He emphasized that artificial intelligence is one of the "biggest threats" to mankind. This is the first time in human history that something much smarter than us has appeared. It is not clear whether such a thing (AI) can be controlled, "but I think we can Determined to guide it to develop in a direction beneficial to mankind."

Ahead of the summit, the UK issued a statement signed by 28 countries and the EU to set out a two-pronged agenda focused on identifying AI-related risks of common concern and building scientific understanding of these risks , and develop transnational policies to mitigate these risks. This announcement marks an important step in cooperation between countries in the field of artificial intelligence.

The statement pointed out that the most important ability of these AI models is the possibility of causing serious or even catastrophic harm, whether intentional or unintentional, and that artificial intelligence may be used by criminals, or humans may lose control of artificial intelligence.

Foreign media said that this is the first time that the international community has issued a statement on the risks of AI, warning of the threats that large models may bring to humans.

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