Chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk has warned against the development of artificial intelligence (AI), declaring it the biggest existential threat there is.

Speaking to students at an event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Musk shared the latest in a line of dramatic comments on technology today, telling those assembled: I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I were to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, its probably that.

The business magnate went on to describe artificial intelligence as summoning the demon, saying: In all those stories where theres the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, its like yeah hes sure he can control the demon. [But it] didnt work out.

Despite his role in some of the most leading-edge technological companies, including SpaceX, the first private company to have launched a spacecraft into orbit and bring it back to earth, along with the electric car company Tesla, the South African-born entrepreneur pleaded caution, saying: Im increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we dont do something very foolish.

Multi-millionaire Musk is one of the high-profile investors (alongside Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg) in the company dubbed Vicarious, which aims to build a computer with neural function to replicate that of a humans.

In June, Musk explained this investment as a move designed to merely help keep an eye on whats going on, as opposed to a potential return on capital.

Later this year, he echoed his concerns about artificial intelligence with a tweet warning: We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.

At this weeks event in Massachusetts, Musk also spoke about the importance of the colonisation of Mars. While travelling to Mars with singular missions was cool, he argued that the planets colonisation would be crucial to changing the future of humanity.

What matters is being able to establish a self-sustaining civilisation on Mars, and I dont see anything being done but SpaceX. I dont see anyone else even trying, said Musk.

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Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla founder, expressed grave concerns about artificial intelligence, deeming it a threat to humanity, in a recent appearance at MIT.

"With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon," Musk said in an interview during last week's centennial celebration of the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department. "You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water and he's like... yeah, he's sure he can control the demon, [but] it doesn't work out."

This is not the first time Musk has made such comments about artificial intelligence, also known as A.I. In June he stated that he invests in companies that work on developing A.I., not for profit, but because he wants to keep an eye on the technology, and in August he tweeted that A.I. is "potentially more dangerous than nukes."

In the recent MIT interview, Musk suggested that it might be a good idea for the government to get involved in efforts to prevent A.I.-related dangers.

"If I were to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that," he said, referring to artificial intelligence. "I'm increasingly inclined to think there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish."

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Just as Tony Stark warns of the dangers of high-tech weaponry in the wrong hands, Elon Musk the Tesla and SpaceX founder who is regularly compared to Iron Man's not-so-secret identity is raising the alarm about advances in artificial intelligence.

The Space X founder called artificial intelligence "our biggest existential threat," at an MIT symposium, comparing it to "summoning the demon."

Musk opined that governments need to begin regulating artificial intelligence development, saying that HAL 9000 the sentient computer antagonist in the Space Odyssey series would be "like a puppy dog" in comparison to what is possible.

This isn't the first time he's gone public with this fear.

Musk has apparently done some heavy reading of late Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom of the University of Oxfords Future of Humanity Institute raises the questions, "What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us?"

Musk took to Twitter in August to encourage others to read the book, adding, "We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes." Musk also suggested James Barrat's "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era," which argues such intelligence could threaten human existence.

He then continued to muse on the impending doom of robots undermining human intelligence:

In June, Musk drew references to "The Terminator," telling CNBC he invests in companies working on artificial intelligence to keep an eye on developments.

Roger McNamee, Elevation Partners co-founder, was quick to disagree.

"In a world where we have the NSA looking at everything that we do, where the government is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on fighter planes that can't fly, and where we're starting wars in countries we can't possibly win in, it seems to me that worrying about AI is irrelevant," he told CNBC.

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Tesla boss Elon Musk has warned that artificial intelligence - such as self-aware robots - is probably the biggest threat to the human race.

"With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon," the founder of SpaceX said during a speech.

"In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like yeah he's sure he can control the demon. Didn't work out."

Mr Musk was addressing the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics department's Centennial Symposium when he discussed oversight to "make sure we don't do something very foolish".

Major technology companies including Google and Facebook are exploring the potential of artificial intelligence, which uses computers for tasks which usually require human intelligence.

Mr Musk hinted that some form of global oversight of artificial intelligence is needed to keep technology in check.

"Increasingly scientists think there should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish."

Mr Musk has previously tweeted dark warnings that the results of artificial intelligence could be "more dangerous that nukes".

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Musk, who promises to take humans to new heights with space and battery technologies, was especially grounded in his latest caution on artificial intelligence.

He told an audience at MIT on Friday that "we should be very careful about artificial intelligence," warning it may be "our biggest existential threat."

"With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon," he said.

"In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like yeah he's sure he can control the demon," he continued, to some laughs from the audience.

Musk then cracked a smile: "Didn't work out."

His Tesla (TSLA) electric vehicles and SpaceX rockets, which recently won a multi-billion dollar contract with NASA, have pushed the limits of their respective technologies.

Musk hasn't embraced artificial intelligence, a field of study at MIT and other schools with significant ethical considerations and business potential. He has previously cautioned it is "potentially more dangerous than nukes."

But he has invested in artificial intelligence companies -- because, he told CNN's Rachel Crane recently, he wanted "to keep an eye on them."

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There have already been several dire warnings fromTeslaandSpaceXfounderElon Muskin recent months regarding the perils of artificial intelligence, but this week he actually managed to raise the bar in terms of making AI seem scary.

First, according to Musk, AI was as dangerousas nuclear war. Now Musk is likening the possible battle between humans and computers in the future, termed by some as "the singularity," as a struggle for the soul of mankind itself.

How so? By invoking the one thing even those with little interest in technology fear the most: demons!

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In an hour-long interview for MIT, which held itsCentennial Symposiumlast week, Musk opened himself up to the audience for questions. Most of the questions were about space travel, but one audience member asked Musk for his thoughts on artificial intelligence, and that's when things got a bit spooky.

"I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence," said Musk, the expression on his face suddenly turning very serious. "If I were to guess like what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that. So we need to be very careful with the artificial intelligence. There should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish."

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It's hard to call Elon Musk a technophobe the Tesla CEO has been a vocal proponentofspace exploration, the electric carand something called a "hyperloop."

But there's one bit of future techMusk isn't so keen on: artificial intelligence. And duringa recentMITaerospace symposium, Musk issued a gravewarning about the potentialdangers of AI research.

"With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's theguy with thepentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon. Doesn't work out."

Of course, we've all seen plenty of big-budget sci-fi warnings about havoc-wreaking robots, but Muskhas actually been pretty consistent with his AI phobia.

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In June,he told CNBChis investments in AI researchwere meant "to keep an eye on" the technology, anda tweetfrom early August warns artificial intelligence could be"potentially more dangerous than nukes."

But this is the first time demons havebeen brought into the conversation, and a few sites took Musk to task for his hyperbole.

ACNET writerquips"Who knows what demonic hellscape could emerge if we ever let artificially intelligent machines get ahold of aOuijaboard."WhileMashable writes,"Forget Tony Stark, the comic book character most oftenassociated with Musk, it may be time to start thinkingDoctor Strange. Pentagram? Really, Elon?"

Musk's concern issomewhat timely AI research has hit a new wave of popularity among big tech companies. Googlerecently acquiredtwo artificial intelligence companies,adding to its growing stable of AI researchers.

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Elon Musk, Internet darling and CEO of Tesla Motors, was speaking before the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics departments Centennial Symposium on Friday. In the middle of his session, he distractedly mused on some foreboding thoughts about artificial intelligence.

I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I were to guess like what our biggest existential threat is, its probably that. So we need to be very careful with the artificial intelligence.

Increasingly scientists think there should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we dont do something very foolish.

With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where theres the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, its like yeah hes sure he can control the demon. Didnt work out.

This is not the first time that Musk has issued a warning about artificial intelligence. Back in August he tweeted:

Musk referenced Superintelligence by Bostrom, evidently referring to Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom, a recent book.

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Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us?

If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful possibly beyond our control. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence.

Most of what lay persons know about artificial intelligence and the dangers therein lies in movies like The Matrix and the Terminator films and television show. In these imaginings, artificial intelligence grows controlled until it reaches a tipping point where it quickly outpaces mans ability to control it. It progresses on, unfeeling and cold, reasoning that man is too flawed and weak to be depended upon as a facet of its existence. It then seeks to either eliminate or subjugate humans.

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Musk, who promises to take humans to new heights with space and battery technologies, was especially grounded in his latest caution on artificial intelligence.

He told an audience at MIT on Friday that "we should be very careful about artificial intelligence," warning it may be "our biggest existential threat."

"With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon," he said.

"In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like yeah he's sure he can control the demon," he continued, to some laughs from the audience.

Musk then cracked a smile: "Didn't work out."

His Tesla (TSLA) electric vehicles and SpaceX rockets, which recently won a multi-billion dollar contract with NASA, have pushed the limits of their respective technologies.

Musk hasn't embraced artificial intelligence, a field of study at MIT and other schools with significant ethical considerations and business potential. He has previously cautioned it is "potentially more dangerous than nukes."

But he has invested in artificial intelligence companies -- because, he told CNN's Rachel Crane recently, he wanted "to keep an eye on them."

"I wanted to see how artificial intelligence was developing," Musk said in the CNN interview. Among his questions: "Are companies taking the right safety precautions?"

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Elon Musk, a chief advocate of cars smart enough to park and drive themselves, continues to escalate his spooky speech when it comes to the next level of computation -- the malicious potential of artificial intelligence continues to freak him out.

"With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon," Musk said last week at the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's 2014 Centennial Symposium. "You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water and he's like... yeah, he's sure he can control the demon, [but] it doesn't work out."

This has become a recurring theme in Musk's public comments, and each time he warns of the AI bogeyman it seems even more dire.

In June, Musk raised the specter of the "Terminator" franchise, saying that he invests in companies working on artificial intelligence just to be able to keep an eye on the technology. In August, he reiterated his concerns in a tweet, writing that AI is "potentially more dangerous than nukes." Just a few weeks ago, Musk half-joked on a different stage that a future AI system tasked with eliminating spam might decide that the best way to accomplish this task is to eliminate humans.

But this is the first time I'm aware of that Musk has kicked up the rhetoric another notch -- perhaps anticipating this week's onslaught of Halloween costumes -- to compare AI to something supernatural like demons.

How to deal with the demonic forces of AI in the future? In a strange move for a tech mogul, Musk suggests it might be a good idea to fight one bogeyman with another (depending on your political perspective) in the form of government regulators.

"If I were to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that," he said, referring to artificial intelligence. "I'm increasingly inclined to thing there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish."

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Elon Musk just got biblical on the topic of artificial intelligence. In fact, he called it our biggest existential threat. This from a man working hard to make it possible for you to take a snooze behind the wheel during your morning commute.

With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon, the Tesla TSLA, -0.02% boss said Friday in an interview at MIT (see video above). In all those stories where theres the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, its like, hes sure he can control the demon.

And, as Musk pointed out, that usually doesnt work out so well.

Whether some sort of Terminator-style Judgment Day awaits us draws a varied response, depending upon whom you ask. Cambridge professor and heralded physicist Stephen Hawking, for instance, is in Musks camp, saying AI may turn out to be our best and last creation.

Then theres tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist Marc Andreesen, who tweeted that hes increasingly convinced [Musk] simply doesnt know what hes talking about and that anybody feeling freaked out about it should read this piece from the engineering geeks at IEEE Spectrum.

Andreesen joked that hell start to worry when iPhone autocorrect starts to work reliably.

As for Musk, he responded to Andreesen with: Famous last words. Actually, they would be famous if there were any humans left alive to hear them. And with that, he went even deeper with his most recent tweet.

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During a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, the founder of Tesla told an audience that the tech sector should be "very careful" about pioneering AI, The Post reported, calling it "our biggest existential threat." On several occasions, Musk has called the technology a big risk that can't be controlled.

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At MIT, Musk carried the metaphor a bit further than he has in the past. "With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon," The Post quoted Musk as saying.

Musk's comments highlighted a budding ethical debate in the broader society about whether machines should be able to think for themselves. Autonomous technology is a hot topic in engineering circles, and occupies a prominent place in popular culture.

For years, movies and television have breathed life into scenarios, in extremis, about technology eventually spinning out of control and coming to dominate the very population it was created to serve. Classic films like "The Terminator" franchise, "The Matrix" and the soon to be released "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" all depict scenarios of machines developing their own sense of awarenesswith often apocalyptic results.

Proponents say AI is the next logical step of an increasingly tech dependent society, but opponents like Musk argue there could be unintended consequences.

Musk likened the quandary to a horror movie where protagonists call forth spirits that eventually wreak havoc.

"In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like yeah he's sure he can control the demon. Didn't work out," The Post reported Musk as saying.

To a certain extent, machine-based intellect already dictates modern contrivances such as financial trading, video games and robotics, all functions most people take for granted. That said, the rise of semi-autonomous technology has dislocated workers across key industries, even as it saves companies on money and make services more efficient.

In addition, some ethicists and technology practitioners are concerned on the potential for what Oxford University recently called "moral outsourcing."

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