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MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Tesla’s Elon Musk and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg appear to be having a public social media showdown over their widely differing views on the potential impact of artificial intelligence.
READ MORE: Site Of Surfside Condo Collapse To Be Sold To Dubai DeveloperMusk has spoken out about his concerns that if left unchecked, AI could become humanity’s “biggest existential threat.”
READ MORE: Report: Three Americans Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Bahamas ResortWhen asked about Musk’s concerns, Zuckerberg said, “It’s really negative and in some ways I actually think it is pretty irresponsible. In the next 5 to 10 years AI is going to deliver so many improvements in the quality of our lives. ”
In response, Musk said, “I’ve talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited.”
MORE NEWS: Coral Gables resident says city's automatic license plate recognition cameras are a constitutional violationMusk is the co-founder of Open AI, a non-profit research company focusing on discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence.