Elon Musk: ‘With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.’
webcast.amps.ms.mit.eduFull transcript of the quote OP was referencing (at 1:07:44 as indicated by visionscaper)
"I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I were to guess at what our biggest existential thread is, it's probably that. So, we need to be very careful with artificial intelligence. I am increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight at the institutional, maybe at the national and international - level, just to make sure we don't to something very foolish. I mean with artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon. You know - you know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water and he's like, yea, sure you can control the demon... didn't work out."
I really like how Elon Musk thinks big and acted on it : "..get us back on track of extending life beyond earth, that’s the reason for starting SpaceX" (51:43)
Terrible title.
He says AI is the biggest existential threat we face. It's at about 1:07 I think. What's the problem?
FYI, to be exact :
"We should be very careful about Artificial Intelligence, if I would guess to what our biggest existential thread is, it's probably that" 1:07:44
Agreed. I pulled it from the title of the article I originally read, but knowing that HN prefers primary sources, I linked to the video.
Edit: article link http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/10/2...