AI is ‘magic genie’ that could bring ‘universal high income’, says Elon Musk

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‘Be careful what you wish for’: Elon Musk warns about power of artificial intelligence.Rishi Sunak
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00:00 you know, where we have for the first time,
00:01 we will have for the first time something
00:03 that is smarter than the smartest human.
00:05 And that, I mean, it's hard to say exactly
00:10 what that moment is, but there will come a point
00:13 where no job is needed.
00:16 And I do think overall that the potential
00:18 is there for artificial intelligence, AI,
00:21 to have most likely a positive effect
00:26 and to create a future of abundance
00:30 where there is no scarcity of goods and services.
00:32 But it is somewhat of the magic genie problem,
00:37 where if you have a magic genie
00:38 that can grant all the wishes,
00:41 usually those stories don't end well.
00:43 (laughing)
00:45 Be careful what you wish for, including wishes.
00:48 (laughing)

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