{"id":1226201,"date":"2022-01-19T22:23:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1226201"},"modified":"2022-01-19T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:24:04","slug":"heres-how-elon-musk-will-avoid-terminator-scenario-with-his-new-humanoid-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-elon-musk-will-avoid-terminator-scenario-with-his-new-humanoid-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How Elon Musk Will Avoid \u2018Terminator Scenario\u2019 With His New Humanoid Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-how-elon-musk-will-avoid-terminator-scenario-with-his-new-humanoid-robots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1226201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tesla \u2014 the electric vehicle company led by Elon Musk \u2014 is developing humanoid \u201cTesla Bots.\u201d On social media, Musk hinted that the company is taking steps to avoid a future robot revolt.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tesla\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/AI\">website<\/a>, the Tesla Bot is a \u201cgeneral purpose, bi-pedal, humanoid robot capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring.\u201d The machines represent the \u201cnext generation of automation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Musk tweeted: \u201cTesla AI might play a role in AGI, given that it trains against the outside world, especially with the advent of Optimus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tesla AI might play a role in AGI, given that it trains against the outside world, especially with the advent of Optimus<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1483728729545363457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/01\/19\/elon-musk-tesla-artificial-general-intelligence-decentralize-tesla-bot-avoid-terminator-scenario\/\">Electrek<\/a> editor-in-chief Fred Lambert explained, \u201cOptimus\u201d is Musk\u2019s codename for the Tesla Bot initiative \u2014 and the reference to artificial general intelligence (\u201cAGI\u201d) means that the machines may one day be able to complete any task that a human can do.<\/p>\n<p>Lambert said that \u201cthis is somewhat surprising considering the many warnings that Musk has issued about creating AGI and the risks to humanity that come with it.\u201d However, Lambert clarified that Tesla will take precautions to avoid a \u201cTerminator scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, investor Steven Mark Ryan tweeted that he is \u201cglad the foundational seeds of AGI are in the hands of a benevolent company, led by someone who is aware of \u2014 and extremely cautious about \u2014 AGI gone awry,\u201d nevertheless warning Musk to \u201ctry not to summon the demon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill do our best,\u201d Musk responded. \u201cDecentralized control of the robots will be critical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Will do our best. Decentralized control of the robots will be critical.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1483741343335821313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecentralizing the control of Tesla Bots would avoid giving this \u2018demon\u2019 access to an army \u2014 much like a Terminator-like scenario,\u201d Lambert interpreted.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his dabbling in potentially lethal killer robots, Musk frequently raises <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-warns-about-the-direction-mankind-is-going-u-n-projections-are-utter-nonsense\">concerns<\/a> about the collapse of civilization due to declining birth rates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be much more worried about population collapse,\u201d Musk tweeted on Tuesday. \u201cUN projections are utter nonsense. Just multiply last year\u2019s births by life expectancy. Given downward trend in birth rate, that is best case unless reversed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UN projections are utter nonsense. Just multiply last year\u2019s births by life expectancy. Given downward trend in birth rate, that is best case unless reversed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1483485798548840450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there aren\u2019t enough people for Earth, then there definitely won\u2019t be enough for Mars,\u201d added Musk, who has six children.<\/p>\n<p>Musk pointed to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/05\/993817146\/u-s-birth-rate-fell-by-4-in-2020-hitting-another-record-low\">report<\/a> on the American birth rate, which explained:<\/p>\n<p>The number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by 4% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a new federal report released Wednesday. The general fertility rate was 55.8 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, reaching yet another record low, according to the provisional data\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. total fertility rate, which estimates how many babies a hypothetical group of 1,000 women would have during their life based on data from a given year, remains far \u201cbelow replacement\u201d \u2014 meaning there wouldn\u2019t be enough babies born for a generation to exactly replace itself.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Babylon Bee, Musk said: \u201cIf you just simply look at the birth rate statistics, you can tell what the future is going to be like because you can see how many children were born last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you could say, \u2018Is the birth rate trending down or up?\u2019 And it\u2019s been trending down basically almost everywhere,\u201d Musk continued. \u201c[We\u2019re] trending towards well below replacement rate. And a lot of countries have been well below replacement rate for a long time. \u2026 The earth is far from overpopulated. Far, far from overpopulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla \u2014 the electric vehicle company led by Elon Musk \u2014 is developing humanoid \u201cTesla Bots.\u201d On social media, Musk hinted that the company is taking steps to avoid a future robot revolt. According to Tesla\u2019s website, the Tesla Bot is a \u201cgeneral purpose, bi-pedal, humanoid robot capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}