Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are engaged in a very public disagreement about the nature of artificial intelligence (machines that can think) and whether it's a boon or bane to society. It's almost as interesting to follow as the Hollywood supercouple-of-the-month's divorce proceedings. <\/p>\n
Just kidding. Let's agree that the former is relevant, the latter ridiculous. <\/p>\n
Musk has been warning for some time now that AI is \"our greatest existential threat\" and that we should fear perpetuating a world where machines are smarter than humans. <\/p>\n
It's not that he's against AI: Musk has invested in several AI companies \"to keep an eye on them.\" He's even launched his own AI start-up, Neuralink--intended to connect the human brain with computers to someday do mind blowing things like repair cancer lesions and brain injuries (for example). <\/p>\n
Musk fears the loss of human control if AI is not very carefully monitored. <\/p>\n
Zuckerberg sees things very differently and is apparently frustrated by the fear-mongering. The Facebook chief has made AI a strategic priority for his company. He talks about the advances AI could make in healthcare and self-driving cars, for example. <\/p>\n
In a recent Facebook Live session where he was answering a question about Musk's continued warning on AI, the Facebook founder responded, \"I think that people who are naysayers and kind of trying to drum up these doomsday scenarios--I just, I don't understand it. I think it's really negative and in some ways I actually think it is pretty irresponsible.\" <\/p>\n
Musk quickly fired back with this tweet: <\/p>\n
The debate is sure to continue to volley back and forth in a sort of Wimbledon of the Way Out There. <\/p>\n
So, at the risk or Mr. Musk calling me out, I thought I'd try to bring it a bit closer to home so you can track better with the debate and form your own opinion. Here are some of the most commonly cited pros and cons to AI: <\/p>\n
So are you more of a Muskie or a Zuckerberger? <\/p>\n
Better decide which side you lean towards. Before the machines decide for you. <\/p>\n
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