Tech titan Elon Musk has doubled-down on his prediction for when artificial intelligence will become smarter than humans.
Job displacement, economic inequality and nuclear automatisation are just a few of the big concerns with AI, especially when it knows more than us.
Amid fears of I, Robot happening in real life, the SpaceX founder has already shared an unnerving video of Tesla's latest robotic creation which will eventually cost ‘less than a car’.
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The robot, called Optimus, was unveiled three years ago at Tesla’s AI Day, and was seen 'strolling around' Musk's lab.
The Tesla Optimus account shared the original video and wrote: "Getting my daily steps in."
"I saw a movie about this once. In the movie, it didn’t bode well for humans," one user commented.
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As another added: "Bro tryna recreate the terminator."
Someone else joked: "Optimus not in his prime."
"Wow, unreal. Things are improving so fast," a fourth penned.
Despite the humanoid robot moving rather human-like, it’s nowhere near as unnerving as Boston Dynamics’ robot Atlas, which is capable of running, jumping, standing on one leg, performing backflips, and much more.
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Atlas has 28 hydraulic joints, and while people were excited about the developments, most were absolutely terrified about its abilities.
In comparison to Optimus, it’s clear to see that the machine is very advanced.
According to the Tesla CEO, his goal is to make the robot as useful and as quickly as possible.
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Taking all of that into consideration Musk has revealed when he thinks AI will be smarter than humans.
"AI will probably be smarter than any single human next year," he wrote on X.
"By 2029, AI will probably be smarter than all humans combined."
And that date has been backed up by renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil.
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He told Joe Rogan: "We're not quite there, but we will be there, and by 2029 it will match any person.
"I'm actually considered conservative. People think that will happen next year or the year after.
"I actually said that in 1999. I said we would match any person by 2029. So for 30 years, people thought that was totally crazy.
"In fact, Stanford had a conference that invited several hundred people from around the world to talk about my prediction, and people thought that this would happen, but not by 2029.
"They thought it would take 100 years."
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Elon Musk, Technology
Anish Vij