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Have you ever heard of the concept of artificial superintelligence?, well recently; the controversial millionaire Elon Musk will also enter the fight for the market of the Artificial intelligencestating that he believes that the “superintelligence” artificial will be available in five or six years, as well as announcing the birth of his new AI company, xAI.
What is artificial superintelligence?
It was through an event in Twitterwhere they participated Elon Musk and US congressmen Ro Khanna, Democrat from California, and Mike Gallagher, Republican from Wisconsin, where the tycoon expressed that he believes that the “artificial superintelligence it could surpass the abilities of any human being in any discipline.
“That doesn’t necessarily mean I’m smarter than all humans combined.”
Elon Musk.
Said event had the purpose of maintaining a debate on the dangers and the future of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)where all three participants agreed that the development of AI technologies It must be regulated, but with different visions, since Khanna suggested that an agency similar to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should be created, made up of specialists in the field.
However, Gallagher opined that such an agency would not be useful since they would not be able to keep up with all the innovations in this sector, due to the speed with which they advance. For his part, Musk on several occasions has expressed concern about the progress of the AI for humanity, for which reason he has suggested that a pause be given to the creation of new programs in order to better study their effects.
What will xAI work on? Musk’s artificial superintelligence company
The debate on the AI breakthrough took place on the same day as Elon Musk announced the creation of his new company AIxAI, where according to the company’s website, this project will be led directly by Muskin addition to being made up of a dozen experts who have worked in companies such as Google Research, OpenAI, DeepMind, Tesla and Microsoft Research.
So far it is known that this company is a totally separate project from the other companies of the millionaire, but they will have a close collaboration. However, many details are still unknown, such as whether it will be a non-commercial company, as in the beginnings of OpenAI, although some time later it became a profitable business.