It was already a surreal moment when the British Prime Minister was basically demoted to a chat-show host to interview Elon Musk at theThe Tesla and X boss delivered a series of outlandish statements about the threats and potential future applications of AI. Here are the five strangest things Musk said during his conversation with Rishi Sunak.One of Musk’s more positive statements about AI concerned friendship and how bots could become your best pal.
“We will have, for the first time, something that is smarter than the smartest human,” he said. “There will come a point where no job is needed. You can have a job if you want to have a job for personal satisfaction but the AI can do everything.”3. Robots Will Chase You Up Trees “If you have a humanoid robot it can basically chase you anywhere, so I think we need some kind of hardwired local cut-off that you can’t update from the internet.”Sunak tried to pin the X boss down on AI’s potential involvement in the upcoming elections in the U.S. and the U.K. Musk embarked on a rambling answer, getting somewhat sidetracked.