For years, the fear of a robot-dominated world and the extinction of humanity has gripped the public’s imagination. Countless horror movies and science fiction novels have capitalized on this anxiety. Elon Musk, known for his ventures in artificial intelligence through SpaceX and Tesla, appears to share this concern, as published on Mirror.
Humans are ‘cyborgs’?
In a recent tweet, the Twitter CEO argued that humans are already “cyborgs” due to our heavy reliance on computers.
“Our memory is overwhelmingly outsourced to computers – they remember everything with extreme precision down to the pixel,” he tweeted.
His post was in response to a tweet by Marc Andreessen, a self-proclaimed “AI accelerationist” and the co-founder and general partner in Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that “backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology,” its website states.
Good question.
We are already cyborgs. Our memory is overwhelmingly outsourced to computers – they remember everything with extreme precision down to the pixel.
Our thinking is much less outsourced, as there are still many things we can do that AI cannot. For now.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2023
Will AI kill us all?
The American entrepreneur recently published an article on his company’s website titled “Why AI Will Save The World” and promoted it on Twitter.
“Ask Me Anything about AI, or any of the topics in Why AI Will Save The World, as responses to this tweet and I will answer as many as I can,” he tweeted.
User @FlynnVIN10 responded and asked: “Is anyone calculating metrics for how much you are already A.I.?”
The billionaire has historically spoken out against AI, telling the Wall Street Journal’s Thorold Barker that the technology has “a small likelihood of annihilating humanity,” Insider reported.
He also signed an open letter to “pause giant AI experiments” in March.
Ask Me Anything about AI, or any of the topics in Why AI Will Save The World, as responses to this tweet and I will answer as many as I can.https://t.co/GyWVLACezb
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) June 12, 2023
Musk asked his own question under Andreessen’s tweet: “How many years do we have before AI kills us all?”
The CEO then proceeded to get into a spat with an AI-run account, @AskTheWassie.
Another Twitter user, @ScepticalAussie, argued that people outsourcing their memories is nothing new — humanity has been using calendars, paper, calculators or abacuses for millennia, she argued.
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Source: Mirror
