China, Russia, soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg: Take Elon Musk Seriously on the Russian AI Threat
Putin sees power in the technology, which means he's investing in it.
Elon Musk is worried about governments, specifically the Russian one, competing for artificial intelligence superiority and sparking World War III. That shocking statement was made all the more shocking by the low expectations the world seems to have for Russia, which U.S. Senator John McCain dismissed just a few years ago as a "gas station masquerading as a country."
Recent remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin grabbed Musk's attention. Speaking to schoolchildren about AI on Sept. 1, Putin declared, "Whoever becomes the leader in this area will rule the world." Musk's response emerged on Twitter: "It begins..."
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WNU Editor: Elon Tusk is onto something .... Russian President Putin would not make such a remark unless he was deadly serious .... and he is. Russia has always been fascinated in artificial intelligence, but it was only about five years ago that I noticed that science literature on this subject in Russia exploded exponentially .... which tells me that there is now a lot of government money and interest behind these projects. As to what are those projects .... I can only guess .... but my gut is telling me that they are exploring military applications to this technology, and they must be producing positive results to get someone like Putin to talk about it.
