Elon Musk thinks artificial intelligence is ultimately more dangerous than nuclear weapons

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March 12, 2018 4:32 PM

Elon Musk said at the SXSW festival that advances in artificial intelligence, or AI, "scare the hell" out of him.

Elon Musk thinks AI is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Speaking at the
Musk warned that AI development should be regulated.

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who wants to colonize Mars, is seriously worried about advances in artificial intelligence.

"I'm really quite close, very close to the cutting edge in AI. It scares the hell out of me," Musk said. "It's capable of vastly more than almost anyone on Earth, and the rate of improvement is exponential."

Musk cited Google's AlphaGo, a software powered by AI that can play

Musk also predicted that advances in AI will let self-driving cars handle "

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