Elon Musk, CEO of xAI, compared himself to Galileo Galilei, who proposed the heliocentric theory. Because of this they are going to proceed the unpopular claim that “artificial intelligence (AI) that can surpass humans will emerge inside two years.”
Teslarati, a media outlet specializing in Tesla, introduced on the 14th (local time) that CEO Elon Musk appeared on the ‘Breakthrough Prize’ held in Los Angeles last weekend and expressed his opinions on AI.
During a red carpet interview, he was asked by a YouTuber what the most important innovation he hopes for in life is, to which he replied, “Crucial thing is to send humans to other planets, and one other wish is the continued development of AI.”
Specifically, he once more warned of the chance that AI could eventually kill us all, while also repeating his recent statement that he believes AI will likely be smarter than any human being by the tip of next yr.
“Even when this truth is unpopular, this is significant,” he said, noting that he hopes AI will eventually help humanity slightly than destroy it through this approach.
He also gave the instance of Galileo. He was referred to the Inquisition and affirmed the geocentric theory, but when he got here out after the trial, he said to himself, “However the Earth still rotates.”
“We must proceed to inform and tell the reality, even whether it is unpopular,” Musk said.
One in all the grounds for Musk continuing to make such remarks is the benchmark called ‘RealWorldQA’ that was released over the weekend. It is a approach to learning the true world to beat the constraints of existing large language models (LLM).
When asked who would win this yr’s U.S. presidential election, he laughed after which joked, “AI will have the option to win the presidency in 2032.”
Meanwhile, the Breakthrough Prize held on the thirteenth is an event called the ‘Oscars of science’. The event’s board of directors includes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder Anwojcicki, CEO of 23&Me, and Chairman of the Board of Directors Huda Zogbee.
Also on this present day, Robert Downey Jr., Kim Kardashian, Margot Robbie, Regina King, Brie Larson, Alicia Keys, and Venus Williams appeared as award presenters.
Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind, who created the protein-generating AI ‘AlphaFold’, was chosen because the winner within the life sciences category and received $3 million (about 4.2 billion won) in prize money.
Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com
