Elon Musk claims AI is the 'most likely cause of WW3'

In response to Vladimir Putin's claims last week that whoever cracks artificial intelligence with'rule the world', Elon Musk has said that he thinks the technology will be the most likely cause of World War 3. Musk took to Twitter this morning to make the chilling warning, claiming that'competition for AI superiority at national level' could spark a war. The Tesla and SpaceX founder suggests that a war is likely to be started by one of the AIs itself, rather than a country leader. In response to Vladimir Putin's claims last week that whoever cracks artificial intelligence with'rule the world', Elon Musk has said that he thinks the technology will be the most likely cause of World War 3 During a question-and-answer session at the summer conference of the National Governors Association in Rhode Island., Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned that regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it's a'fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation.' The billionaire said regulations will stop humanity from being outsmarted by computers, or'deep intelligence in the network', that can start wars by manipulating information. Governments must have a better understanding of artificial intelligence technology's rapid evolution in order to fully comprehend the risks, he said.