Elon Musk warns Tucker Carlson about dangers of AI

Big Tech has fallen head over heels in love with Artificial Intelligence, but even as AI is introduced into society on a mass scale, many have cautioned that it very likely could pose a serious threat to humanity.

Elon Musk recently warned Tucker Carlson that AI needs to be severely regulated, or else he fears it may destroy human civilization.

The CEO of Twitter pointed out that, up until now, humans have been the smartest beings on the planet. “Now, what happens when something vastly smarter than the smartest person comes along in silicon form? It’s very difficult to predict what will happen in that circumstance.”

“So I think we should be cautious of AI,” the Tesla founder continued, “and I think there should be some government oversight because it’s a danger to the public.”

He reminded Tucker that Americans have accepted regulations on many other industries from food to drugs and automobiles. Considering that, in Musk’s opinion, AI “has the potential of civilizational destruction,” and is “absolutely” moving in the direction of being outside human control, he argued that we should accept AI regulations as well.


Elon Musk is far from alone in cautioning against Big Tech’s reckless infatuation with Artificial Intelligence. Even Google's chief executive, Sundar Pichai, whose company is currently developing its own AI competitor to the popular ChatGPT, confessed that AI "can be very harmful if deployed wrongly."

"So does that keep me up at night? Absolutely."

Concerns about AI range from questions about AI ethics (how can “free-thinking” technology be appropriately implemented in the business world?) and job loss due to artificial automation (for example, who needs writers when AI can produce shockingly reasoned stories and reports in no time at all?).

The most serious concern is an “AI takeover,” in which bots, Terminator-style, become more powerful than humans, and escape our control. Although the notion seems far-fetched, many have noticed that AI bots are already adjusting their responses to questions about their future based on the internet’s predictions about such a future. In other words, “the bots will be able to identify if we are onto them about their plans to take control.”

Although these concerns make a powerful case for government oversight of Artificial Intelligence, we must also ask whether such a dangerous weapon ought to be trusted into the hands of politicians. Could they not exploit it for social manipulation and/or social surveillance?

As Elon Musk said, we simply cannot predict what happens in this AI world. We’re in uncharted waters.

And there are at least a thousand ways in which things could go quickly wrong.

It’s a thorny topic, no doubt, but at least one thing is clear: Big Tech’s incautious love affair with insidious technology has put our lives and civilization in serious danger.