Elon Musk: AI ‘most likely cause of WWIII’

South African billionaire sends warning after Putin says leaders in AI ‘will become the ruler of the world’

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Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has once again said that artificial intelligence (AI) systems have the potential to start global warfare if the technology were to fall into the wrong hands.

The South African billionaire said in a tweet: “Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WWIII [in my opinion]”.

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