According to Cointelegraph, in an interview with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, Elon Musk made some of his boldest claims yet concerning the future of artificial intelligence (AI).
Sources revealed that during an interview, Musk responded to questions concerning recent lawsuits levied against some of the billionaire’s competitors in the AI space related to alleged copyright infringement.
“I don’t know, except to say that by the time these lawsuits are decided, we’ll have digital god. So, you can ask digital god at that point. Um. These lawsuits won’t be decided on a relevant timeframe,” Musk explained.
Musk is believed to be referencing the idea of superhuman intelligence, usually referred to as “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI. It stands to reason that an entity capable of rendering the U.S. court system irrelevant in a matter of three to five years would sufficiently qualify as an AGI construct. Such an entity is expected to be well beyond human control, Cointelegraph concluded.
(With insights from Cointelegraph)