Musk Warns There’s a Chance AI ‘Goes Wrong and Destroys Humanity’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued yet another warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)—namely, that it could destroy humanity.
In a May 16 interview with CNBC anchor David Faber, the tech tycoon noted that the future of AI could go one of two ways.
“There’s a strong probability that it will make life much better and that we’ll have an age of abundance,” he said. “And there’s some chance that it goes wrong and destroys humanity.”
He added: “Hopefully, that chance is small, but it’s not zero. And so, I think we want to take whatever actions we can think of to minimize the probability that AI goes wrong.”…}