Elon Musk suggests the first 'resident' of Mars might be an AI

There's been plenty of talk lately about future missions to Mars that will carry human crew members. It would be an incredible achievement to successfully (and safely) land a human on the surface of another planet, but it's something that has never even been attempted, much less accomplished. With a steady stream of advancements in AI technology and robotics it's not entirely out of the question that the first "resident" of Mars might actually not be a human at all, but a machine. One inquisitive Twitter user decided to ask Elon Musk what his thoughts were on the first Martian being an intelligent machine rather than a human. The brief exchange was fairly straightforward, with Musk being asked what he thinks the chances are that the first Martian is an AI rather than a human. Not one to waste valuable tweet characters, Musk responded by saying "30%."