88 Elon Musk called artificial intelligence a double-edged sword, telling US senators Wednesday that the technology can be a tremendous source for good but warning about risks to civilization, according to a person in the closed-door session. The billionaire owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, was among more than 20 tech and civil society leaders attending the summit focused on AI. Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., told senators they shouldn’t be worried about self-driving cars, for instance, but instead should focus their concerns on what he called deeper AI, the person in the room said. Deep AI is an apparent reference to deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence that teaches computers to process data in a way that imitates the human brain. Musk, who spoke off-the-cuff, particularly raised concerns about data centers so powerful and big that they could be seen from space, with a level of intelligence that is currently hard to comprehend, the person said. Among projects started by Musk, the world’s richest person, is an AI company, xAI. On China, Musk recounted his earlier trip to the nation and said he raised the risks of deep AI and superintelligence with senior officials there. You Might Be Interested In Amazon Partners with Affirm for Buy Now, Pay Later Service Targeting Small Business Owners Boat Labs Set to Unveil Next-Gen Hearable Products at CES 2023 SK Hynix’s Opposition Jeopardizes Bain Capital’s Ambitious Chip Merger Saudi-based Morni Holding Invests in Egyptian Startup Helpoo to Transform Roadside Assistance and Automotive Services in the MENA Region Apple could benefit in China from users spending more on smartphones First Chinese Civilian Astronaut Enters Space as Payload Specialist
