Musk Warns AI Could Destroy Civilization, Says Google Co-Founder Seeks ‘Digital God’

Musk Warns AI Could Destroy Civilization, Says Google Co-Founder Seeks ‘Digital God’
Elon Musk speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2020. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Caden Pearson
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has issued a stark warning that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to destroy civilization, citing the need for a new “pro-human” AI option that seeks the truth.

In a recent wide-ranging interview on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that aired Monday night, Musk cautioned that existing AI technologies, such as Microsoft-aligned “ChatGPT” and Google-owned “DeepMind,” are being trained to be politically correct, which he believes is leading to an AI dystopia.

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