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 subjects such because the Earth’s evolution and the fragility of civilization.
In looking for to deepen the understanding of the universe, Musk joked that xAI’s mission assertion can be “what the hell is de facto occurring?”
Musk introduced the formation of xAI on Wednesday after accusing corporations like OpenAI and Google of creating the know-how 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 a substitute for Microsoft, Google and OpenAI. AGI stands for synthetic common intelligence and refers to AI that may resolve issues like a human.
Throughout 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 corporations, Twitter and Tesla.
The corporate will use public tweets to coach its AI fashions and may additionally 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 corporations of coaching their fashions utilizing Twitter knowledge 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 latest conferences with high authorities officers in China.
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