South Korean professor refutes Elon Musk over ‘AI-initiated war’
‘Stop making arguments like science-fiction novels,’ says creator of award-winning android
By Kim Tae-gyu
The creator of Korea’s famous android Hubo negated controversial remarks by Elon Musk who stated that artificial intelligence (AI) could start a Third World War.
The founder of SpaceX and Tesla has contended that AI can pose a great existential threat to humanity and the world should be prepared for this.
“No matter how advanced AI is, it cannot start a war because it doesn’t have an ego. Without an ego, AI is just a computing machine, nothing more than that. I don’t think that AI will have an ego even in the distant future,” said professor Oh Jun-ho of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
“People with advanced AI can start a Third World War. But AI cannot do so on its own. I recommend people stop making arguments like science-fiction novels.”
Along the same lines, Oh said that AI will not be able to replace the roles and status of humans. He expects that AI will only benefit people by helping them perform tasks in easier ways.
“Who is talking about doomsday scenarios with regard to AI? They are mostly not AI experts. They are futurists, neuroscientists and businesspeople,” said Oh, a robot scientist famous across the world.