Elon Musk: Smart Or Not?
Musk warned that life on Mars would be difficult at first. “It kind of reads like Shackelton’s ad for Antarctic explorers,” he said. “Difficult, dangerous, good chance you will die, exciting if you survive.”
“Once you can get there, the opportunity is immense,” he said. “There’s going to be an explosion of entrepreneurial opportunities. Mars is going to need everything from iron foundries to pizza joints.”
Space travel may not make Musk uneasy, but the prospect of artificial intelligence unconfined to specific tasks does.
Musk said the downside of a misguided or malevolent AI could be worse than nuclear war.
“Mark my words, AI is far more dangerous than nukes. Far,” he said. “So why do we have no regulatory oversight? That’s insane.”
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On one hand this really terrifies me. This isn’t just another blogger, *cough *cough, spewing his “insane” theories that robots are going to fuck us in the not so distant future. This is Elon fucking Musk. This guy’s putting all of space travel, flying cars, saving the world, and redefining technology on his back. When this guy’s afraid of AI, you fucking listen to him. We’re officially at that part in the science fiction movie where the smartest guy in the movie is telling everyone that robots are going to kill us. The one thing we all know about that guy? He’s always right. This is that british dude in Armageddon who says something along the lines of, “that asteroid is bigger than we thought.” We don’t have a choice but to listen now: AI murdering us isn’t just a pipe dream any more, it’s a sure thing.
Counterpoint to this. Elon Musk also says that Mars might be cool one day. In fact, that’s his whole thing here. Mars is going to be sweet but we’ve got to make sure robots don’t kill us first. God damnit Elon Musk. Maybe I don’t believe you. You had to go ahead and says the smartest thing I’ve ever heard right before you went ahead and said the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
maybe dumb!
I don’t know if I can trust a guy who says that Mars is cool. That person could be the smartest billion IQ genius in the world and the second they say a word about Mars being sweet they turn into a certified schmuck. Hey Elon, I don't know if you've read this blog but Mars is fucking boring and a pizza place isn't going to change that. Elon Musk, almost our savior. Elon Musk, maybe not as smart as we thought.
P.S. As a good Jewish boy, I gave up pizza for my first ever "Lent." The fact that I haven't had a cheesy slice in twenty five days and I still wouldn't travel to Mars for a Chicago deep dish says all you need to know about that trash bin of a planet.
