Elon Musk interviews UK PM Rishi Sunak: 10 key points to note
Just hours after the conclusion of the inaugural AI Safety Summit, which was held in the UK at Bletchley Park and witnessed the participation of more than 28 countries, with dignitaries such as US vice president Kamala Harris, India's Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and China's vice minister of science and technology Wu Zhaohui, another monumental AI interview was held. This interview was between the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and X owner Elon Musk. Sunak interviewed Musk over some of the most hard-hitting questions in the AI space and assessed its risks and potential. Musk even called AI the “most disruptive force in history”, Let us take a look at the 10 most important parts from the 51-minute-long interview.
1. Without wasting any time, the first question Sunak asked Musk was about his apprehension over AI, despite being one of the most experimental innovators of our times. Musk said, “Since I was immersed in technology for a long time, I could see [AI] coming. But this was the year when a number of breakthroughs occurred. For example, you could see a dynamically created video of yourself saying anything”.
“I saw GPT 1, GPT 2, 3 and 4, the whole lead after that, and it was easy for me to see where it was going. If you extrapolate the points on the curve and see the trajectory continue, then we will have profound artificial intelligence, at a level that far exceeds human intelligence," he added.
2. The magic genie problem - During the interview, Musk highlighted that he would like to believe that AI can be used to create an abundance of goods and services and address all the major problems of the world, but he said one thing concerned him, and it was what he calls the ‘magic genie problem'. He explained, “If you
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