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Elon Musk Forecasts A “10%-20% Chance” Of AI-Related Global Disaster & Doubles Down On Free Speech Over Advertisers’ Ask For Censorship — Cannes Lions


The Tesla, X and SpaceX chief said we are living at the most interesting time in history.

Elon Musk believes that AI will change the world “radically” as soon as the next couple of years, and has predicted the chance of AI-related disaster at “10 to 20%.” Musk, speaking at Cannes Lions on Wednesday morning, said: “I tend to agree with Geoff Hinton – one of the godfathers of AI – and he thinks there’s a 10-20% probability of something terrible happening.” Musk sat down at Cannes Lions with Mark Read, CEO of WPP, for a wide-ranging talk on subjects including the transformative power of technological innovation, how AI is reshaping creativity, business and society, and the future of his social media platform.

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