{"id":2271709,"date":"2024-06-19T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-free-speech-offers-ominous-warning-about-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:42:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:42:35","slug":"elon-musk-doubles-down-on-free-speech-offers-ominous-warning-about-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-free-speech-offers-ominous-warning-about-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Emphasizes Free Speech, Issues Stark Warning on AI Risks"},"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\">22<\/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%2Felon-musk-doubles-down-on-free-speech-offers-ominous-warning-about-artificial-intelligence%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=2271709&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>Elon Musk, speaking at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France, expressed\u2064 mixed\u200c feelings about the development\u200b of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting both its great potential and significant \u2062risks. He referred to the\u2062 opinions of AI pioneer Geoff Hinton, who estimated a 10-20% chance of AI leading to catastrophic outcomes, such as annihilation. Despite this, Musk also saw AI&#8217;s development as ultimately positive, adopting a fatalistic stance even in the worst-case scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Musk continued\u2063 discussing AI&#8217;s existential implications, pondering the meaning of human actions if AI could \u2063perform all \u2064tasks better than humans. To mitigate AI risks, \u200bhe emphasized the need for AI to\u2063 be trained for truthfulness and curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u2063 Musk underscored his strong support for free\u200d speech, particularly in the context of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, X \u200b(formerly Twitter), recounting an incident where he rebuffed Disney CEO \u200cBob Iger and other advertisers. Despite\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-incandescent-lightbulb-ban-takes-effect\/\" title=\"Biden's lightbulb ban now in effect.\">potential financial losses<\/a>, Musk affirmed his position to choose free speech\u2062 over censorship.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes \u200bwith a message from The Western Journal\u2019s staff, urging support \u200dfor their coverage of the \u2063upcoming 2024 election and highlighting the \u2062challenges posed by\u200b Big Tech and advertisers&#8217; boycotts \u200dthat significantly cut their revenue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Elon Musk Doubles Down on Free Speech, Offers Ominous Warning About Artificial Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 19, 2024 at 11:37am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Whatever one may think of Tesla, SpaceX and X mogul Elon Musk, it\u2019s impossible to deny that he\u2019s a sharp person with a lot of interesting thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, when the billionaire entrepreneur speaks \u2014 even in a room full of people who might not agree with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-turns-mark-cubans-woke-management-mavericks-one-simple-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ideology<\/a> \u2014 people tend to listen.<\/p>\n<p>And those paying attention to Musk\u2019s commentary Wednesday morning at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (often just referred to as Cannes Lions) in France may have walked away with a lingering sense of dread \u2014 and a slight spark of hope.<\/p>\n<p>As for the dread, Musk directly addressed the innumerable benefits and potentially catastrophic detriments of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne cannot be 100 percent optimistic or completely pessimistic,\u201d he said. \u201cI generally would agree with Geoff Hinton \u2014 he\u2019s one of the sort of godfathers of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a quick shill for the \u201cAI community\u201d on his social media platform, the tech entrepreneur got to the gritty numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Hinton] thinks it\u2019s sort of 10, 20 percent probability of something terrible happening,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed about what \u201csomething terrible\u201d would entail, he mentioned \u201cannihilation or whatever\u201d before he pushed back a bit by reminding people that a 20 percent catastrophe rate still meant that \u201cthe glass is 80 percent full.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think the growth of AI is a good thing for humanity?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe way I\u2019ve reconciled myself to a negative outcome with AI is that \u2026 Let\u2019s say, even if it was the worst-case scenario and we\u2019re going to be annihilated, would I want to be around to see it?\u201d Musk asked a bit later in the interview. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018Probably, yes. OK.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, uh, fatalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also addressed existentialism concerns with AI and a \u201ccrisis of meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the AI can do everything that you can do but better, then what is the point of doing things?\u201d Musk asked.<\/p>\n<p>(There is a clear biblical answer to that question, but that\u2019s a longer discussion for a different piece.)<\/p>\n<p>As to how one can combat some of these potential AI pitfalls, Musk mentioned an interesting factor: \u201cSo in terms of AI safety, I think the most important things are to train the AI to be as truthful as possible and to be curious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rEAUuY_uPC0?si=3NlP1zLOZBSr2MC1&#038;start=744\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s mention of \u201ctruthful\u201d directly connects to the other major topic he wanted to discuss at Cannes Lions.<\/p>\n<p>He was asked about telling Disney CEO Bob Iger and other advertisers to \u201cgo f*** yourself\u201d in November amid pressure to moderate X with a leftist tilt.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-stands-foreign-judge-trying-censor-speech-x-resign-impeached\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fought against<\/a> any attempts to restrict the platform, and for better and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/x-officially-allows-social-media-platform-become-porn-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for worse<\/a>, he has largely held to that promise.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to elaborate on those comments, he softened his stance just a smidge but doubled down on his commitment to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The comment] wasn\u2019t to advertisers as a whole,\u201d Musk said, before explaining that the vulgar taunt was more a commentary about the importance of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>And would he change that approach if it meant he could bring in more advertisers to X?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we have to make a choice between censorship and [making] money or \u2026 free speech and losing money, we\u2019re going to pick the second,\u201d Musk said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-nations-scramble-to-protect-universities-from-american-leftism\/\" title=\"Western Nations Scramble To Protect Universities From American Leftism\">support free speech<\/a> rather than \u2026 agree to be censored for money.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Hawaii <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Class of 2010 University of Arizona. BEAR DOWN. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Korean <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Sports, Entertainment, Science\/Tech <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk, the influential CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X, recently emphasized his commitment to free speech and issued a stark warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence. 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