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Elon Musk predicts World War III
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Posted on 09/05/2017 4:15:01 PM PDT by TigerClaws

Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX's CEO wasn't making doomsday predictions because North Korea is testing nuclear weapons. What's got Musk much more worried about world war is artificial intelligence.

North Korea "should be low on our list of concerns for civilizational existential risk," Musk said in one of a series of posts on Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) early Monday.

"Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo," Musk said in another tweet, using the Internet short-hand for "in my opinion." Related: 10 cities living in the future

The dire prediction was in response to a recent comment from Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia but of all of mankind," Putin said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ai; elonmusk; predictions; third100days; ww3; wwiii
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Putin agrees:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/opinions/russia-weaponize-ai-opinion-allen/

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/4/16251226/russia-ai-putin-rule-the-world

1 posted on 09/05/2017 4:15:01 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

“Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.”

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AI will rule its own sphere.


2 posted on 09/05/2017 4:16:59 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: TigerClaws

He also predicted a successful automobile company that didn’t need government subsidies to survive.


3 posted on 09/05/2017 4:17:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (One man's DACA, is 330 million other men's caca.)
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To: TigerClaws

Elon Musk likes to make dire predictions,
similar to Stephen Hawking.


4 posted on 09/05/2017 4:18:32 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

They both get a lot of headlines from these dire warnings.


5 posted on 09/05/2017 4:19:11 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Only in America can an immigrant idiot/savant crank get rich on government subsidies.


6 posted on 09/05/2017 4:19:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: TigerClaws

Has Musk figured out how to profiteer from it?


7 posted on 09/05/2017 4:19:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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>> “Has Musk figured out how to profiteer from it?” <<

Obviously! - Like all lefties, he is a total hypocrite.
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8 posted on 09/05/2017 4:21:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: lee martell

Funny how stupid smart people can be.

We’re facing WW III with the NORKs right now, and he’s worried about AI.

Either AI is a superpowerful “Skynet” threat, in which case we’re doomed anyway, or it’s never going to be capable of replacing human thought, in which case why worry?


9 posted on 09/05/2017 4:23:45 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: lee martell

It’s all the Never Trumpers have left. None of the crap they’ve hurled at Pres. Trump has stuck. As a last (at this moment) resort, they apparently would prefer a World War, with untold death and destruction, if it might possibly result in Trump being injured, physically or politically, or not being reelected.


10 posted on 09/05/2017 4:24:47 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Read: Psalm 145. The whole psalm.....aloud; as praise to our God.)
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To: TigerClaws

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Both idiots!

The future of ‘mankind’ is the bowl judgments, and then the 1000 year demonstration of the total depravity of man.

Just 7 more years until it hits.
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11 posted on 09/05/2017 4:26:23 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Has Musk figured out how to profiteer from it?

I was wondering the same thing. He's real good at siphoning off money from governments so he must have an angle on this somehow.

12 posted on 09/05/2017 4:35:53 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: TigerClaws

AI ... right ... even the simple promise of computer language translation from 50 years ago is STILL unfulfilled ...


13 posted on 09/05/2017 4:41:52 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: DoughtyOne

The only people who drive Tesla’s are rich white Libtards. You can buy a very nice Benz for the same money and get fuel for it anywhere.


14 posted on 09/05/2017 4:47:35 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: LS

Facing WW3 with the NORKs and being invaded by Muslim ‘immigration’ which will result in mass civil wars across Europe.

But... it’s all about AI with these guys.


15 posted on 09/05/2017 4:47:38 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: wjcsux

I suspect you’re right on both counts.


16 posted on 09/05/2017 4:48:39 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (One man's DACA, is 330 million other men's caca.)
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To: TigerClaws

Bi polar moment.


17 posted on 09/05/2017 4:52:29 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: DoughtyOne

I suspect rich white Libtards buy Tesla’s to impress their white Libtard friends.


18 posted on 09/05/2017 4:57:23 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: wjcsux

Could be. Some are probably convinced they’re doing it for Mother Gaia.


19 posted on 09/05/2017 4:59:07 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (One man's DACA, is 330 million other men's caca.)
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To: TigerClaws

I think Musk is playing the part of a complete Looper... Acting like a certifiable lunatic and a likely candidate for institutionalization.

He’s already alluded to being bipolar and these crazy meanderings may be the ground work he’s laying for his defence against going to a prison for the inevitable fraud charges that will be brought against him when this electric car/ Mars mission fantasy comes crashing down and the investment funds turn up missing. If he’s found mentally incompetent instead of criminally responsible, he will be sent to a mental institution where he can live in luxury and comfort, and that is obviously more desirable than wasting away in a prison cell with a stainless steel toilet.

He’s crazy alright... Crazy like a fox.


20 posted on 09/05/2017 5:01:14 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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