Elon Musk is wrong because he is a software engineer and thus he equates an AI brain with a human mind [see photo]. It is his linear thinking that has served him so well as he extends the limits to current technologies in autos, space, energy, etc. However he has never actually invented anything and that is not to slate him but to tell the truth about his achievements.
The AI brain is programmed even when geared to rot learning [building upon what humans already know]. The AI brain is not programmed for heuristic learning [trial and error]. The AI brain is not be programmed to emulate a human mind's ability to imagine different futures. Elon is wrong because the AI brain is algorithmic whereas the human mind is organic.
Perhaps the best way I can showcase the difference between the AI brain and the human mind is to remind you of two classic fairy tales. First the tale of Goldilocks and The Three Bears. This is a story about getting things "just right". Getting things "just right" has been a great tactic for building upon what we have and making incremental changes to what we already know. Getting things "just right" is surely what sustains us today and emerging versions of the AI brain will be an enormous boost for that project. Second the tale of Alice in Wonderland. This is about a girl who is chasing time [the white rabbit] through a dream sequence about possible futures [recall the Cheshire Cat]. And in a sense the confusion of the Mad Hatter's Party juxtaposed to the totalitarian rule of the Red Queen makes this seem so familiar. Alice is struggling with the challenges of moving from childhood into adulthood [from here to there in her life] and thus this dream is about uncertainty, ambiguity, and chaos. And remember her dream is played out in the mind [not in the brain] of the reader.
Elon Musk is wrong about the threat that AI brains pose to humans. However. Because I am human [yeah... I am not an AI bot] I might be wrong about all this and Elon could be right.
Richard.
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