Elon Musk on Friday mentioned the aim of his new synthetic intelligence firm, xAI, shall be to “perceive the universe.”

In an typically meandering 90-minute lengthy Twitter Areas audio chat, the billionaire mentioned his imaginative and prescient for xAI for the primary time whereas veering into matters such because the Earth’s evolution and the fragility of civilisation.

In looking for to deepen the understanding of the universe, Musk joked that xAI’s mission assertion can be “what the hell is admittedly happening?”

Musk introduced the formation of xAI on Wednesday after accusing firms like OpenAI and Google of growing the know-how with out contemplating dangers to people.

OpenAI and Google didn’t reply to request for remark.

He mentioned xAI would search to construct a “good AGI,” as an alternative choice to Microsoft, Google and OpenAI. AGI stands for synthetic common intelligence and refers to AI that may resolve issues like a human.

Through the Areas session, which had a delayed begin as Twitter wanted to “tweak the algorithm” to advertise the chat to extra customers, Musk mentioned xAI would work carefully together with his different firms, Twitter and Tesla.

The corporate will use public tweets to coach its AI fashions and might also work with Tesla on AI software program.

Such a relationship would have “mutual profit” and will speed up Tesla’s work in self-driving capabilities, Musk mentioned.

He additionally accused all AI firms of coaching their fashions utilizing Twitter information in what he characterised as an unlawful method.

Musk, who has advocated for laws in AI, mentioned he has pushed for conferences with White Home officers and has emphasised the significance of regulating AI in his current conferences with prime authorities officers in China.

© Thomson Reuters 2023

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