Artificial intelligence or North Korean nuclear missiles: what is more dangerous?

What is more dangerous, Kim Jong-un missiles or an intelligent killer robot out of control? Elon Musk, one of the leading experts in artificial intelligence, has the answer and we can tell you that it is not reassuring.

The world in danger What should we be afraid of?

Nuclear weapons, especially in irresponsible hands, could perfectly mean the end of our planet and sadly today two powers in this type of weaponry are commanded by leaders who fail to measure the consequences.

The world is at risk, but the danger comes not only from temperamental Kim Jong-un, but also from intelligent weapons that, if not properly regulated and controlled, could kill us all.

What should we fear more? According to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, intelligent warfare technology is a far more dangerous threat than possible nuclear missile attacks by North Korea.

Musk, who currently leads a group of experts who seeks to ban or severely limit the use of autonomous weaponry, published a rather frightening text on Twitter and that leaves no one indifferent.

The tweet translated into Spanish says: "If you are not concerned about the security of Artificial Intelligence, you should. It's much more dangerous than North Korea. " The poster accompanying the message illustrates the threat very well.

The words of Elon Musk are well founded, as intelligent machines are increasingly acquiring more complex abilities to overcome humans and, although it shows us in video games, it is only a training that could potentially be applied outside the world of consoles

Musk is very worried about the lack of regulation on the development of artificial intelligence technologies, since he believes that the industry does not take the risks seriously enough and even indicated that we would just take the weight when a robot starts killing people in the Street.

Tesla's CEO is not alone in his crusade for regulating artificial intelligence, voices as important as Stephen Hawking's have talked about the same problem, but governments still do not agree to regulate this danger more than imminent.

Instead of being concerned about the fights between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, let's not look at North Korea's potential missiles so much and pay more attention to the development and use of artificial intelligence, since according to those who know the most killer robots could cause a level of unthinking destruction.

SOURCE: http://fortune.com/2017/08/12/elon-musk-ai-poses-vastly-more-risk-than-north-korea/