Elon Musk on Friday stated the aim of his new synthetic intelligence firm, xAI, will likely be to “perceive the universe.”
In an typically meandering 90-minute lengthy Twitter Areas audio chat, the billionaire mentioned his imaginative and prescient for xAI for the primary time whereas veering into matters such because the Earth’s evolution and the fragility of civilization.
In in search of to deepen the understanding of the universe, Musk joked that xAI’s mission assertion could be “what the hell is actually occurring?”
Musk introduced the formation of xAI on Wednesday after accusing firms like OpenAI and Google of creating the expertise with out contemplating dangers to people.
OpenAI and Google didn’t reply to request for remark.
He stated xAI would search to construct a “good AGI,” as an alternative choice to Microsoft, Google and OpenAI. AGI stands for synthetic normal intelligence and refers to AI that may remedy issues like a human.
Through the Areas session, which had a delayed begin as Twitter wanted to “tweak the algorithm” to advertise the chat to extra customers, Musk stated xAI would work carefully together with his different firms, Twitter and Tesla.
The corporate will use public tweets to coach its AI fashions and may work with Tesla on AI software program.
Such a relationship would have “mutual profit” and will speed up Tesla’s work in self-driving capabilities, Musk stated.
He additionally accused all AI firms of coaching their fashions utilizing Twitter information in what he characterised as an unlawful method.
Musk, who has advocated for laws in AI, stated he has pushed for conferences with White Home officers and has emphasised the significance of regulating AI in his current conferences with prime authorities officers in China.
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