Despite escalating world tensions, Mr Musk dismissed the imminent threat and tweeted: “If you’re not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea.”
In his tweet, he included a image of a framed picture of a worried-looking woman, with the bold, capped up words reading “IN THE END THE MACHINES WILL WIN”.
The Tesla CEO tweeted again, adding: “Nobody likes being regulated, but everything (cars, planes, food, drugs, etc) that’s a danger to the public is regulated. AI should be too.”
Kirsten Frisina tweeted: “Maybe just don’t make this comparison. It was totally unnecessary. Guess what can’t hurt us if we all die in the nuclear Holocaust? AI”